Native American Political Systems and the Evolution of Democracy

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Native American Political Systems and the Evolution of Democracy An Annotated Bibliography

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Bruce E. Johansen

Book Code: GR0010

ISBN: 0-313-30010-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30010-3

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184 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 5/30/1996

List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Bibliographies and Indexes in American History

Series Number: 32

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The debate concerning whether the Haudenosaunce (Iroquois) and other Native American confederacies helpd shape ideas of democracy in the early US has taken place in both the academic and popular press. This volume of annotated references traces that debate in both arenas, 1900-1995.... a timely issue that is currently part of the larger debate concerning how history is written. Recommended for all libraries with interests in American history studies, Native Americans, communication, or journalism.
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Description: For more than a decade scholars have debated the question of whether American Indian confederacies, primarily the Iroquois, helped influence the formation of U.S. basic law. The idea has sparked lively debate in the public arena as well, with Canadian diplomat Durling Voyce-Jones contending it shows a paradigm shift in our thinking, Patrick Buchanan calling it "idiocy," and George Will saying it's "fiction." For the first time, this bibliography brings together some 450 citations on the debate. The work describes the debate in the words of one of its major participants, Bruce E. Johansen, author of three other books on the subject. The bibliography also takes the reader back to suggestions of the idea long before the contemporary debate. Lakota author Charles Eastman brought up the subject in 1919, Mohawk teacher Ray Fadden developed it in the 1940s, and John F. Kennedy touched on it in 1960. Bringing the debate to its full flower in the present day, the bibliography illustrates both fervent support and equally emphatic denial in the academy and the public press. The book is both a scholarly tool and a lively exploration of issues bearing on the study of history and multiculturalism.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Entries
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1975-1986
1900-1974
Index

LC Card Number: 96-5541

LCC Class: Z1210

Dewey Class: 016


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