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As American Indian communities face the new century, they look forward armed with confidence in the indigenous perspectives that have kept them together. Five scholars in American Indian history, and a tribal leader who has placed an indelible mark on the history of her people, show how understanding the past is the key to solving problems today.

This collectively authored volume celebrates a group of Native critics performing community in a lively, rigorous, sometimes contentious dialogue that challenges the aesthetics of individual literary representation.Janice Acoose infuses a Cree reading of Canadian Cree literature with a creative turn to Cree language; Lisa Brooks looks at eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Native writers and discovers little-known networks among them; Tol Foster argues for a regional approach to Native studies that can include unlikely subjects such as Will Rogers; LeAnne Howe creates a fictional character, Embarrassed Grief, whose problematic authenticity opens up literary debates; Daniel Heath Justice takes on two prominent critics who see mixed-blood identities differently than he does in relation to kinship; Phillip Carroll Morgan uncovers written Choctaw literary criticism from the 1830s on the subject of oral performance; Kimberly Roppolo advocates an intertribal rhetoric that can form a linguistic foundation for criticism. Cheryl Suzack situates feminist theories within Native culture with an eye to applying them to subjugated groups across Indian Country; Christopher B. Teuton organizes Native literary criticism into three modes based on community awareness; Sean Teuton opens up new sites for literary performance inside prisons with Native inmates; Robert Warrior wants literary analysis to consider the challenges of eroticism; Craig S. Womack introduces the book by historicizing book-length Native-authored criticism published between 1986 and 1997, and he concludes the volume with an essay on theorizing experience.Reasoning Together proposes nothing less than a paradigm shift in American Indian literary criticism, closing the gap between theory and activism by situating Native literature in real-life experiences and tribal histories. It is an accessible collection that will suit a wide range of courses-and will educate and energize anyone engaged in criticism of Native literature.

A standard reference on horse breeds-illustrated and updatedCelebrating the animal that has been a stalwart servant to humankind for countless generations, Bonnie Hendricks's International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds is the most thorough compilation of horse breeds ever attempted. The nearly four hundred entries, arranged alphabetically, include foundation breeds now extinct as well as extant breeds from across the globe. Each entry details the breed's origin and background, size, appearance, chief use, and status (rare versus common). A list of breed associations and government departments that supplied data and photographs for the encyclopedia has been fully updated for this edition.With its breadth and depth of coverage, as well as 530 black-and-white illustrations, the encyclopedia continues to be a standard international reference.

A collection of American Indian folklore. With the help of a Witchita interpreter, this work gathers 60 tales from the Wichitas living in Oklahoma, and arranges them according to the first period, the creation, the second period, transformations, and the third period, the present.

In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, this work acknowledges the religious motivation behind Aztec conquest but focuses more sharply on political and economic factors.

Sherman is known primarily for having cut a swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War. This text documents his contribution to the expansion and settlement of the Western frontier, including his phase of ensuring the tranquility of the West.

Since World War II, the U.S. government has spent more than $10 trillion on defense. Although everyone in the United States must pay taxes supporting defense contracts, ten states have obtained 75 percent of all defense contracts and expenditures. In " Congress and Defense Spending ," Barry S. Rundquist and Thomas M. Carsey examine how the distribution of defense contracts is influenced by the interaction of state and local economies with the organization of Congress and how previous state representation on defense committees has affected current committee representation.

A comprehensive dictionary of the major indigenous language of Mexico, the language of the Aztecs and many of their neighbours. Nahuatl speakers became literate within a generation of contact with Europeans and a vast literature has been composed in Nahuatl, beginning in the mid-16th century.

The Ch'ol Maya who live in the western Mexican state of Chiapas are direct descendants of the Maya of the Classic period. Exploring their history and culture, Karen Bassie-Sweet and the other authors assembled here uncover clear continuity between contemporary Maya rituals and beliefs and their ancient counterparts.

The Cold War as it played out across the Great Plains was not the Cold War of the American cities and coasts. Nor was it tempered much by midwestern isolationism, as common wisdom has it. In this book, David Mills offers an enlightening look at what most of the heartland was up to while America was united in its war on Reds.

Prehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century Southern California. This chain of eight islands is home to a biodiversity unrivaled anywhere on Earth.

The Battle of the Rosebud may well be the largest Indian battle ever fought in the American West. The monumental clash in June 17, 1876 along Rosebud Creek i Shoshone and Crow allies against Sioux and Northern Cheyennes under Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. This book presents the definitive account of this critical battle.

In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California.

The significance of Plato's Apology of Socrates is impossible to overestimate. An account of the famous trial of Socrates in 399BC, it appeals to historians, philosophers, political scientists, classicists, and literary critics. It is also essential reading for students of ancient Greek.

The battles of Front Royal and Winchester are the stuff of Civil War legend. Gary Ecelbarger has undertaken a comprehensive reassessment of the battles to show their influence on both war strategy and the continuation of the conflict. Three Days in the Shenandoah answers questions that have perplexed historians for generations.

Speleobiology, the study of cave life, is a relatively new science. The diversity of species that live in caves, springs, and aquifers is just beginning to be documented. The surveys of cave life reported in this book represent an important step forward in understanding the biodiversity of caves in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Agnes Morley Cleaveland found lasting fame after publishing her memoir, No Life for a Lady, in 1941. In Open Range, Darlis Miller expands our understanding of Cleaveland's significance, showing how a young girl who was a fearless risk-taker grew up to be a prolific author and social activist.

Major Stephen H. Long of the United States Army was the most important government-sponsored explorer in the decade after the War of 1812. For years Long's expeditions have been overlooked or misunderstood. Here for the first time they are placed in the context of American scientific development.

The challenge of Periclean Athens to the students of civilizations is unmistakable: the city and its empire reached a level of culture and well-being scarcely paralleled in the history of man elsewhere. And like the characters in a Greek tragedy, the city and its leaders and citizens were busy in their time of glory making provision for their own tragic decline."I have tried to suggest in general terms," says the author, "the meaning of Periclean Athens, addressing my interpretation to laymen. . . With the increasing mass of specialized research on ancient Athens, it is imperative to catch a general notion of the significance of the whole. . . The result is a picture of a complex society, as any great civilization is bound to be, with its magnificent achievements and its faults."This first volume in The Centers of Civilization Series does indeed give a clear picture of Athenian civilization, its literature, philosophy, and political and judicial writing; its painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and drama; and even the arts of war.Above all, the book suggests to modern readers the supreme importance of decision in all of man's affairs, and the frightful consequences of wrong decision, once it is made.

Backed by an unparalleled military force, Sargon II outwitted and outfought powerful competitors to extend Assyrian territory and secure his throne. As Sarah Melville shows in this analysis of his campaigns, the king used his army not just to conquer but also to ensure regional security, manage his resources, and support his political agenda.

Offers a detailed narrative covering the entire scope of General Winfield Scott Hancock's 'Expedition for the Plains'. This first thorough scholarly history of the ill-conceived expedition offers an unequivocal evaluation of military strategies and a culturally sensitive interpretation of Indian motivations and reactions.