Alvin M. Josephy (1915–2005)
Autor von 500 Nations - Die illustrierte Geschichte der Indianer Nordamerikas.
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Alvin Josephy, Jr., (b. 1915) is best known for his many books on Native Americans and the American West
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Werke von Alvin M. Josephy
America in 1492: The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus (1992) 154 Exemplare
The Long and the Short and the Tall: Marines in Combat on Guam and Iwo Jima (Classics of War) (1979) 26 Exemplare
Black Hills, White Sky: Photographs from the collection of the Arvada Center Foundation (1978) 7 Exemplare
The American Heritage Book of Indians / The American Heritage History of The Great West (2 volume set). (1961) — Herausgeber — 6 Exemplare
The Adventure of Man's Flight 3 Exemplare
Indian Water Policy in a Changing Environment: Perspectives on Indian Water Rights (1982) 2 Exemplare
"The Splendid Indians of Edward S. Curtis," 2 Exemplare
The U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Die Welt der Indianer : Geschichte, Kunst, Kultur von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (1993) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben — 640 Exemplare
The Pequots in Southern New England: The Fall and Rise of an American Indian Nation (1990) — Mitwirkender — 65 Exemplare
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- Andere Namen
- JOSEPHY, Alvin M., Jr.
- Geburtstag
- 1915-05-08
- Todestag
- 2005-10-16
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- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Woodmere, New York, USA
- Sterbeort
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Wohnorte
- Joseph, Oregon, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA - Ausbildung
- Harvard University
- Berufe
- historian
foreign correspondent
magazine editor - Organisationen
- Time Magazine (Associate editor)
American Heritage (Editor, 1976-1978) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Saddleman Award (1966)
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500 nations : an illustrated history of North… von Alvin M. Josephy
heartbreaking but informative and filled with the voices of Native Americans
Read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee instead.
Update:
My main issue with the book is when the author in one instance claims white settlers involved in an incident had no intention of disrupting the natives. Really? Come on. That's just bullshit. Maybe the book was progressive for the time it was published but I think you can find this information from better sources.
Update:
My main issue with the book is when the author in one instance claims white settlers involved in an incident had no intention of disrupting the natives. Really? Come on. That's just bullshit. Maybe the book was progressive for the time it was published but I think you can find this information from better sources.
One is struck by the rough and tumble world of the Congress over the years. Though this book only covers the beginning through 1975, one finds an entity that is thought to be, nay, hoped to be, a paragon of decorum which it sometimes was and often was not. Great events have taken place there and others events that we were not so great. Great citizens served there and some who were anything but great. The majority who have served have been ordinary people acting in ordinary ways. Extreme passion might be a good description of those who served. The point is that membership has been a cross-section of our country.… (mehr)
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