{"product_id":"spirit-wars-ronald-niezen-9780520219878","title":"Spirit Wars: Native North American Religions in the Age of Nation Building","description":"\u003ci\u003eSpirit Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering--a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide. Ronald Niezen approaches this topic through wide-ranging case studies involving different colonial powers and state governments: the seventeenth-century Spanish occupation of the Southwest, the colonization of the Northeast by the French and British, nineteenth-century westward expansion and nationalism in the swelling United States and Canada, and twentieth-century struggles for native people's spiritual integrity and freedom. Each chapter deals with a specific dimension of the relationship between native peoples and non-native institutions, and together these topics yield a new understanding of the forces directed against the underpinnings of native cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Niezen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520219872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520219878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 946","brand":"Ronald Niezen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048186441983,"sku":"9780520219878","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff10e71e-5229-47bd-9f81-d720cbae0c72.jpg?v=1684994381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirit-wars-ronald-niezen-9780520219878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}