The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney; Anthony F.C. Wallace - 1965-04

University of Chicago Press, 1965. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1965-04-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7283 8.4291 5.8504.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1965-04-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7283 8.4291 5.8504. light amount of wear along the edges of the cover of the book (creasing, fading)

Chicago: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1965. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus, orig. pub. as Part 2 of the Fourteenth Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93. Soft cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall in illustrated wraps. Near Fine. Spine sunned, top corner bent; square w/flat spine and firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. xiii, 359pp, edited and abridged with an Introduction by Anthony F. C. Wallace, Authorities Cited, Index; well-illustrated in b/w photos, reproductions, maps, songs.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. 5th ptg.. Paperback. Book: Good. 8vo.. 359 pp. 6 x 9. Yellow wraps, scuffed on back panel with old bookstore label on spine. Some highlighting.

USA: Univ of Chicago Pr, April 1965. Trade Paperback. Used - Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1965. Softcover. Very Good. 9x1x6. Responding to the rapid spread of the Ghost Dance among tribes of the western United States in the early 1890s, James Mooney set out to describe and understand the phenomenon. He visited Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, at his home in Nevada and traced the progress of the Ghost Dance from place to place, describing the ritual and recording the distinctive song lyrics of seven separate tribes. His classic work (first published in 1896 and here reprinted in its entirety for the first time) includes succinct cultural and historical introductions to each of those tribal groups and depicts the Ghost Dance among the Sioux, the fears it raised of an Indian outbreak, and the military occupation of the Sioux reservations culminating in the tragedy at Wounded Knee. Seeking to demonstrate that the Ghost Dance was a legitimate religious movement, Mooney prefaced his study with a historical survey of comparable millenarian movements among other… Read More

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1972. Paperback. Edited by Anthony F.C. Wallace. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xxi, 359pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. Very good. Outer wrappers show a bit of uneven sunning, else a tight and clean copy. Third softbound printing of this volume in editor Paul Bohannan's "Classics in Anthropology" series, an abridged edition of the 1892-93 study.

IL: Univ. of Chicago, 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. Near fine in wrappers, a paperback. Wrinkle on spine. Spine faded. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

The University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Phoenix Edition, 1976. (Dakota Indians, religion, ghost dance) [ISBN 0226535177] A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.