The Indians of Puget Sound: The Notebooks of Myron Eells. Edited with an Introduction by George Pierre Castile.

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A Fine tight copy in a Very Good dust jacket with some fading to the spine and two small closed edge tears to the front panel. Myron Eells spent more than 30 years (1874-1907) as a missionary on the Skokomish Reservation in western Washington State, where he recorded details of Indian life. He served during a period of transition, when both federal and religious authorities sought to "civilize" the Indians as rapidly and thoroughly as possible, and Eells observed the cultural changes firsthand. Though he published some articles during his life, the manuscript of his study was neglected; it is published here for the first time. Anthropology professor Castile has edited the work to present an orderly narrative. Eells worked mainly with the Twana and Klallon tribes of the Coast Salish; he had a particular interest in their material culture, but he also describes potlatches, burial customs and religion (including the rise of the Shaker Church). In his afterword, anthropologist Elmendorf appraises Eells's work as an ethnographer. Fully illustrated.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

The Indians of Puget Sound: The Notebooks of Myron Eells. Edited with an Introduction by George Pierre Castile.

Editor

University of Washington Press

Fecha de publicación

1985

Idioma

Inglés

ISBN 10

0295962623

ISBN 13

9780295962627

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

1st Edition

Estado

Fine

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Very Good

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