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sandalwood Deatha novel

by mo Yan

Translated by Howard goldblatt

This powerful novel by Mo Yan—one of contemporary China’s most famous and

prolific writers—is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of political

corruption during the final years of the Qing Dynasty, China’s last imperial epoch.

Sandalwood Death is set during the Boxer Rebellion (1898–1901)—an anti-

imperialist struggle waged by North China’s farmers and craftsmen in opposition

to Western influence. Against a broad historical canvas, the novel centers on the

interplay between its female protagonist, Sun Meiniang, and the three paternal

figures in her life. One of these men is her biological father, Sun Bing, an opera

virtuoso and a leader of the Boxer Rebellion. As the bitter events surrounding

the revolt unfold, we watch Sun Bing march toward his cruel fate, the gruesome

“sandalwood punishment,” whose purpose, as in crucifixions, is to keep the

condemned individual alive in mind-numbing pain as long as possible.

Filled with the sensual imagery and lacerating expressions for which Mo Yan is

so celebrated, Sandalwood Death brilliantly exhibits a range of artistic styles,

from stylized arias and poetry to the antiquated idiom of late Imperial China to

contemporary prose. Its starkly beautiful language is here masterfully rendered into

English by renowned translator Howard Goldblatt.

Mo Yan (literally, “don’t speak”) is the pen name of Guan Moye. Born in 1955 in

Gaomi, Shandong province, he is the author of ten novels and more than seventy

short stories. Mo Yan is the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature and the

2009 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature. Howard Goldblatt is an award-winning

translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese literature, including six

other novels by Mo Yan.

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doc hollidayA Family portraitby Karen Holliday Tanner$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3320-1

the west of wild bill hickokby Joseph g. rosa$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2680-7

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gunfighter in gothambat masterson’s new york city years

by robert K. DeArment

The legend of Bat Masterson as the heroic sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas, began

in 1881 when an acquaintance duped a New York Sun reporter into writing

Masterson up as a man-killing gunfighter. That he later moved to New York City

to write a widely followed sports column for eighteen years is one of history’s great

ironies, as Robert K. DeArment relates in this engaging new book.

William Barclay “Bat” Masterson spent the first half of his adult life in the West,

planting the seeds for his later legend as he moved from Texas to Kansas and then

Colorado. In Denver his gambling habit and combative nature drew him to the

still-developing sport of prizefighting. Masterson attended almost every important

match in the United States from the 1880s to 1921, first as a professional gambler

betting on the bouts, and later as a promoter and referee. Ultimately, Bat stumbled

into writing about the sport.

In Gunfighter in Gotham, DeArment tells how Bat Masterson built a second career

from a column in the New York Morning Telegraph. Bat’s articles not only covered

sports but also reflected his outspoken opinions on war, crime, politics, and a

changing society. As his renown as a boxing expert grew, his opinions were picked

up by other newspaper editors and reprinted throughout the country and abroad.

He counted President Theodore Roosevelt among his friends and readers.

This follow-up to DeArment’s definitive biography of the Old West legend narrates

the final chapter of Masterson’s storied life. Far removed from the sweeping western

plains and dusty cowtown streets of his younger days, Bat Masterson, in New York

City, became “a ham reporter,” as he called himself, “a Broadway guy.”

Robert K. DeArment is the author or editor of a score of books and numerous

articles on law and order in the American West, including the three-volume Deadly

Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West; Assault on the Deadwood Stage:

Road Agents and Shotgun Messengers; and Bat Masterson: The Man and the

Legend.

After the famed ex-lawman put his gun in his desk drawer and became a sportswriter

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The old man’s love storyby rudolfo Anaya

“There was an old man who dwelt in the land of New Mexico, and he lost his

wife.” From that opening line, this tender novella is at once universal and deeply

personal. The nameless narrator, a writer, shares his most intimate thoughts about

his wife, their life together, and her death. But just as death is inseparable from life,

his wife seems still to be with him. Her memory and words permeate his days. In

The Old Man’s Love Story, master storyteller Rudolfo Anaya crafts the tale of a

lifelong love that ultimately transcends death.

An elegy not just for the dead but for the vitality of youth, the old man’s story

captures both the heartaches and ironies of old age. We follow him as he proceeds

through days of grief and memory, buying his few groceries, driving slower than

the other travelers on the road. He talks with his wife along the way. “Go slow,” he

hears her admonish. As he sits in the garden with their dogs, he senses her worry

over his loneliness. A year passes. He longs to care for someone, but—to love again?

Like characters in Anaya’s previous fiction, the old man lives in a real New Mexico,

but one inhabited by spirits. Death provides a gateway to other worlds, just as

memories connect him to other times and places. When he eventually begins a new

friendship with a woman, a widow, they share a bittersweet understanding of joy

mixed with sorrow, promise mixed with loss.

Anaya’s reflections, as shared through the experiences of this old man, point to

the power and importance of love at every stage of life. Lyrical and earthy, sad yet

suffused with humor, The Old Man’s Love Story will speak to all readers, perhaps

especially to those who have suffered a recent loss.

Rudolfo Anaya is the author of numerous essays, plays, and books, including the

classic novel Bless Me, Ultima and Randy Lopez Goes Home.

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billy the kid and other playsby rudolfo Anaya$24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4225-8

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Not All Heroesan unapologetic memoir of the vietnam war, 1971–1972

by gary e. skogen

Foreword by clay s. Jenkinson

Gary Skogen’s tour in Vietnam (1971–72) was the best year of his life. Living with

fellow CID investigators in an isolated hooch overlooking the South China Sea at

the U.S. base at Chu Lai, Skogen enforced military drug laws during his working

hours and yet managed to pursue a life of perfect hedonism—far from the farm life

in southwestern North Dakota where he grew up. With unlimited access to cheap

beer, a wide variety of compliant Vietnamese women, and a jeep he had somehow

commandeered, Skogen perfected his criminal investigative skills at a time when

U.S. troop morale had reached its nadir.

This unconventional, unheroic, and unapologetic book is not a typical Vietnam

memoir. Together with 80 percent of the two million men and women who served

in Vietnam, Skogen spent his time behind the scenes at a large support base. He did

not slog on midnight patrols through Viet Cong tunnels or rice paddies studded

with booby traps. He spent his year investigating the men who endangered the lives

of their fellow soldiers by giving themselves over to unrestrained drug use.

Skogen’s gritty narrative proves that some whose names are incised on the

Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall died in less than heroic circumstances. Backed

by impeccable research in the files of the National Archives and Records

Administration, this unromanticized account reveals the sordidness of the war in its

late phases, and questions the validity of seeing all Vietnam veterans as victims.

Originally entitled The Best of Times, Not All Heroes is really two beautifully

integrated narratives in one: a gripping account of the Apocalypse Now endgame of

the Vietnam War, and a M*A*S*H–like romp through Skogen’s yearlong tropical

vacation in a pleasure ground where sexual favors were too cheap to meter.

Born and raised in Hettinger, North Dakota, Gary E. Skogen, a Vietnam veteran,

is retired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He did active duty in the U.S.

Army from January 1966 to September 1973 and served in Vietnam from February

1971 to January 1972. Clay S. Jenkinson, Director of the Dakota Institute, is the

author of eight books and a documentary filmmaker.

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vietnamThe Heartland remembersby stanley W. beesley$24.95s paper 978-0-8061-2162-8

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native american placenames of the united statesby William bright$59.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3576-2$29.95 paper 978-0-8061-3598-4

oklahoma place names revised edition by george H. shirkForeword by muriel H. Wright$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2028-7

indian tribes of oklahomaA guideby blue clark $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-4061-2

Native American placenames of the southwest a handbook for travelers

by William bright

edited and with an Introduction by Alice Anderton and sean o’Neill

Have you ever driven through a small town with an intriguing name like Wyandotte

or Cuyamungue and wondered where that name came from? Or how such well-

known placenames as Tucson, Waco, or Tulsa originated?

Native American placenames like these occur all across the American Southwest.

This user-friendly guide—covering Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas—

provides fascinating information about the meaning and origins of southwestern

placenames. With its unique regional approach and compact design, the handbook

is especially suitable for curious travelers.

Written by distinguished linguist William Bright, the handbook is organized

alphabetically, and its entries for places—including towns, cities, counties, parks,

and geographic landmarks—are concise and easy to read. Entries give the state

and county, along with all available information on pronunciation, the name

of the language from which the name derives, the name’s literal meaning, and

relevant history. In their introduction to the handbook, editors Alice Anderton

and Sean O’Neill provide easy-to-understand pronunciation keys for English and

Native languages. They further explain basic linguistic terminology and common

southwestern geographical terms such as mesa, canyon, and barranca. The book

also features maps showing all counties in each of the southwestern states, a list

of Native languages and language families, and contact information for tribal

headquarters throughout the Southwest.

Willam Bright (1928–2006) was Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and

Anthropology at UCLA. His numerous publications include Native American

Placenames of the United States. Alice Anderton, a linguist, editor, teaching

consultant, and former Comanche language instructor, is Executive Director of

the Intertribal Wordpath Society. Sean O’Neill is Associate Professor of Linguistics

at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Cultural Contact and Linguistic

Relativity among the Indians of Northwestern California.

A user-friendly guide to the meaning and origins of Native American southwestern placenames

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Indian Tribes of oklahomaa guide

by blue clark

An up-to-date guide to Oklahoma’s diverse Native peoples

“An invaluable, masterfully compiled reference on Oklahoma’s contemporary Indian tribes.”—Clara Sue Kidwell, author of The

Choctaws in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation, 1855–1970

Oklahoma is home to nearly forty American Indian tribes, and it includes the largest Native population of any state. As a result, many Americans think of the state as “Indian Country.” For years readers have turned to Muriel H. Wright’s A Guide

to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma for information on the state’s Native peoples. Now Blue Clark offers a completely new guide, reflecting the drastic transformation of Indian Country in recent years.

Solidly grounded in scholarship and Native oral tradition, it provides the unique story of each tribe—from the Alabama-Quassartes to the Yuchis. Each entry contains a summary of the tribe encompassing everything from origin tales and archaeological research to contemporary ceremonies and tribal businesses, along with tribal websites, suggested readings, photographs of prominent tribal members, visitor sites, and accomplishments.

Blue Clark holds the David Pendleton Chair in American Indian Studies and is Professor of History and Law at Oklahoma City University. An enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, he is the author of Lone Wolf v.

Hitchcock: Treaty Rights and Indian Law at the End of the

Nineteenth Century.

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by Tom rea

People who own the land can own the stories—at least for a time

“A tale that should entertain, inspire, and trouble anyone who loves the American West.”—Will Bagley, author of Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at

Mountain Meadows

Devil’s Gate—the name conjures difficult passage and portends a doubtful outcome. Tom Rea’s eloquent and captivating narrative traces the history of the Sweetwater River valley in central Wyoming—a remote place including Devil’s Gate, Independence Rock, and other sites along a stretch of the Oregon Trail—to show how legal ownership of a place can translate into owning its story.

Tom Sun, an early rancher, played a role here in the lynching of the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming. The lynching was dismissed as swift frontier justice in the wake of cattle theft, but Rea finds more complicated motives that involve land and water rights. In the 1990s, the Mormon Church purchased part of the Sun ranch to memorialize Martin’s Cove as the site of handcart pioneers who froze to death in the valley in 1856.

Tom Rea is the author of Bone Wars: The Excavation and

Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie’s Dinosaur, winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for contemporary nonfiction. He lives with his family in Casper, Wyoming.

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Quiltscalifornia bound, california made, 1840–1940

by sandi Fox

The richly diverse legacy of California’s quilts is beautifully chronicled in words and

images in this extraordinary collection spanning a century of quiltmaking. Here is

the story of California’s quilts, from those California bound—carried on the backs

of mules and horses, in covered wagons, by ship or by train—to those California

made, created on the farms and in villages and cities across the state. Whether to

remember friends and family back home, mourn loved ones lost, record cultural

and historical events, or illustrate their new surroundings, California’s quiltmakers

pieced, appliquéd, embroidered, and embellished cloth in an astonishing variety of

quilts and bedcovers.

In this volume, contemporary letters, diaries, and historical records provide

authentic accounts of the social, political, and cultural contexts in which

California’s quilts were brought west and worked there. The nuances of each quilt—

the colors, stitches, and inked inscriptions—and the stories of the women whose

skilled hands crafted them highlight the significance of the quilts and the elements

that define them. Sandi Fox shows that while these cloth masterpieces played a role

in the country’s changing historical and cultural landscape, the techniques, patterns,

and fabrics used to create them were, in fact, part of the seamless, unchanging

tradition of American quiltmaking.

Sandi Fox is former Collection Curator of Quilts at the Los Angeles County

Museum of Art; Associate Fellow, International Quilt Study Center, University

of Nebraska; and Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

County. She is the author of numerous books, articles, and exhibition catalogues in

the field and curator of twelve major exhibitions of nineteenth-century American

quilts in the United States and abroad. Her work as curator, author, and scholar has

been supported by a number of important grants and fellowships, including those

from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, and the

Winterthur Museum. She and her husband live in Los Angeles.

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american indian/art

Arapaho Women’s Quillworkmotion, life, and creativity

by Jeffrey D. Anderson

More than a hundred years ago, anthropologists and other researchers collected and

studied hundreds of examples of quillwork once created by Arapaho women. Since

that time, however, other types of Plains Indian art, such as beadwork and male

art forms, have received greater attention. In Arapaho Women’s Quillwork, Jeffrey

D. Anderson brings this distinctly female art form out of the darkness and into its

rightful spotlight within the realms of both art history and anthropology. Beautifully

illustrated with more than 50 color and black-and-white images, this book is the first

comprehensive examination of quillwork within Arapaho ritualized traditions.

Until the early twentieth century and the disruption of removal, porcupine quillwork

was practiced by many indigenous cultures throughout North America. For

Arapahos, quillwork played a central role in religious life within their most ancient

and sacred traditions. Quillwork was manifest in all life transitions and appeared on

paraphernalia for almost all Arapaho ceremonies. Its designs and the meanings they

carried were present on many objects used in everyday life, such as cradles, robes,

leanback covers, moccasins, pillows, and tipi ornaments, liners, and doors.

Anderson demonstrates how, through the action of creating quillwork, Arapaho

women became central participants in ritual life, often studied as the exclusive

domain of men. He also shows how quillwork challenges predominant Western

concepts of art and creativity: adhering to sacred patterns passed down through

generations of women, it emphasized not individual creativity, but meticulous

repetition and social connectivity—an approach foreign to many outside observers.

Drawing on the foundational writings of early-nineteenth-century ethnographers,

extensive fieldwork conducted with Northern Arapahos, and careful analysis

of museum collections, Arapaho Women’s Quillwork masterfully shows the

importance of this unique art form to Arapaho life and honors the devotion of the

artists who maintained this tradition for so many generations.

Jeffrey D. Anderson is Professor of Anthropology at Hobart and William Smith

Colleges. He is the author of One Hundred Years of Old Man Sage: An Arapaho

Life Story and The Four Hills of Life: Northern Arapaho Knowledge and Life

Movement.

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gifts of pride and loveKiowa and comanche cradlesby barbara Hail$29.95 paper 978-0-8061-3604-2

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Karl bodmer’s America revisitedlandscape views across time

photography by robert m. lindholm

Introduction and annotations by W. raymond Wood and

robert m. lindholm

Foreword by David c. Hunt

Less than thirty years after Lewis and Clark completed their epic journey, Prince

Maximilian of Wied—a German naturalist—and his entourage set off on their own

daring expedition across North America. Accompanying the prince on this 1832–34

voyage was Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, whose drawings and watercolors—designed to

illustrate Maximilian’s journals—now rank among the great treasures of nineteenth-

century American art. This lavishly illustrated book juxtaposes Bodmer’s landscape

images with modern-day photographs of the same views, allowing readers to see what

has changed, and what seems unchanged, since the time Maximilian and Bodmer made

their storied trip up the Missouri River.

To discover how the areas Bodmer depicted have changed over time, photographer

Robert M. Lindholm and anthropologist W. Raymond Wood made several trips

over a period of years, from 1985 to 2002, to locate and record the same sites—all

the way from Boston Harbor, where Maximilian and Bodmer began their journey,

to Fort McKenzie, in modern-day western Montana. Pairing sixty-seven Bodmer

works side by side with Lindholm’s photographs of the same sites, this volume uses

the comparison of old and new images to reveal alterations through time—and the

encroachment of a built environment—across diverse landscapes.

Karl Bodmer’s America Revisited is at once a tribute to the artistic achievements of

a premier landscape artist and a photographer who followed in his footsteps, and a

valuable record of America’s ever-changing environment.

Robert M. Lindholm, retired as Assistant Attorney General in Missouri, is a

photographer living in Lindsborg, Kansas. W. Raymond Wood is Professor Emeritus of

Anthropology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and the author of Prologue to

Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition, among other publications.

David C. Hunt is former Director of the Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas, and

former Curator of Art at Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha.

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the north american journals of prince maximilian of wied, volume 2April–september 1833edited by stephen s. Witte and marsha V. gallagher$85.00s cloth 978-0-8061-3923-4

the north american journals of prince maximilian of wied, volume 3september 1833–August 1834edited by stephen s. Witte and marsha V. gallagher$85.00s cloth 978-0-8061-3924-1

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A russian American photographer in Tlingit countryvincent soboleff in alaska

by sergei Kan

This book is a rich record of life in small-town southeastern Alaska in the late

1800s and early 1900s. It is the first book to showcase the photographs of Vincent

Soboleff, an amateur Russian American photographer whose community included

Tlingit Indians from a nearby village as well as Russian Americans, so-called

Creoles, who worked in a local fertilizer factory. Using a Kodak camera, Soboleff,

the son of a Russian Orthodox priest, documented the life of this multiethnic

parish at work and at play until 1920. Despite their significance, few of Soboleff’s

photographs have been published since their discovery in 1950. Anthropologist

Sergei Kan rectifies that oversight in A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit

Country, which brings together more than 100 of Soboleff’s striking black-and-

white images.

Combining Soboleff’s photographs with ethnographic fieldwork and archival

research, Kan brings to life the communities of Killisnoo, where Soboleff grew up,

and Angoon, the Tlingit village. The photographs gathered here depict Russian

Creoles, Euro-Americans, the operation of the Killisnoo factory, and the daily life

of its workers. But Soboleff’s work is especially valuable as a record of Tlingit

life. As a member of this multiethnic community, he was able to take unusually

personal photographs of people and daily life. Soboleff’s photographs offer candid

and intimate glimpses into Tlingit people’s then-new economic pursuits such as

commercial fishing, selling berries, and making “Indian curios” to sell to tourists.

Other images show white, Creole, and Native factory workers rubbing shoulders

while keeping a certain distance during leisure time.

Kan offers readers, historians, and photography lovers a beautiful visual resource

on Tlingit and Russian American life that shows how the two cultures intertwined

in southeastern Alaska at the turn of the past century.

Sergei Kan is author of several books on Tlingit and Russian culture, including

Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two

Centuries.

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lanterns on the prairieThe blackfeet photographs of Walter mcclintockedited by steven l. grafe$60.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4022-3$34.95s paper 978-0-8061-4029-2

a danish photographer of idaho indiansbenedicte Wrenstedby Joanna cohan schererForeword by bonnie Wuttunee-Wadsworth$29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3684-4

arapaho journeysphotographs and stories from the Wind river reservationby sara WilesForeword by Frances merle Haas$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4158-9

volume 10 in the charles m. russell

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the american west

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A rare photographic album documenting the first presidential visit to Yellowstone National Park

A president in Yellowstonethe f. jay haynes photographic album of chester arthur’s

1883 expedition

by Frank H. goodyear III

On the morning of July 30, 1883, President Chester A. Arthur embarked on a

trip of historic proportions. His destination was Yellowstone National Park,

established by an act of Congress only eleven years earlier. No sitting president

had ever traveled this far west. Arthur’s host and primary guide would be Philip H.

Sheridan, the famed Union general. Also slated to join the expedition was a young

photographer, Frank Jay Haynes. This elegant—and fascinating—book showcases

Haynes’s remarkable photographic album from their six-week journey.

A premier nineteenth-century landscape photographer, F. Jay Haynes, as he

was known professionally, originally compiled the leather-bound album as a

commemorative piece. As only six copies are known to exist, it has rarely been

seen. The album’s 104 images are accompanied by captions written by General

Sheridan’s brother, Colonel Michael V. Sheridan, who wrote daily dispatches that

were distributed by the Associated Press.

In his informative introduction, historian Frank H. Goodyear III provides background

about the excursion and explains the historic and aesthetic significance of Haynes’s

photographs. He then re-creates Arthur’s journey by reintroducing Haynes’s stunning

images—along with Sheridan’s original captions—including views of the Tetons and

other landmarks; portraits of President Arthur, General Sheridan, and fellow travelers

engaged in activities along the route; and images of the Shoshone and Arapaho

leaders who gathered to greet the visiting party.

Published on the occasion of the reopening of the Haynes Photography Shop in

Yellowstone, A President in Yellowstone offers a unique entry into the park’s

storied past.

Frank H. Goodyear III is Associate Curator of Photographs at the National

Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. His previous books include Faces

of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845–1924;

Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer; and Red Cloud: Photographs

of a Lakota Chief.

june

$36.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4355-2

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125 illus., 1 map

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faces of the frontierphotographic portraits from the American West, 1845–1924by Frank H. goodyear III $45.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4082-7

peoples of the plateauThe Indian photographs of lee moorhouse, 1898–1915by steven l. grafe $29.95 paper 978-08061-3742-1

life at the kiowa, comanche, and wichita agencyThe photographs of Annette ross Humeby Kristina l. southwell and John r. lovett$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4138-1

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the american west

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A multidisciplinary look at an American celebration of manly imperialism

may

$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4348-4

256 pages, 6 × 9

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empire on Displaysan francisco’s panama-pacific international exposition of 1915

by sarah J. moore

The world’s fair of 1915 celebrated both the completion of the Panama Canal and

the rebuilding of San Francisco following the devastating 1906 earthquake and

fire. The exposition spotlighted the canal and the city as gateways to the Pacific,

where the American empire could now expand after its victory in the Spanish-

American War. Empire on Display is the first book to examine the Panama-Pacific

International Exposition through the lenses of art history and cultural studies,

focusing on the event’s expansionist and masculinist symbolism.

The exposition displayed evidence—visual, spatial, geographic, cartographic, and

ideological—of America’s imperial ambitions and accomplishments. Representations

of the Panama Canal play a central role in Moore’s argument, much as they did

at the fair itself. Embodying a manly empire of global dimensions, the canal was

depicted in statues and a gigantic working replica, as well as on commemorative

stamps, maps, murals, postcards, medals, and advertisements. Just as San Francisco’s

rebuilding symbolized America’s will to overcome the forces of nature, the Panama

Canal represented the triumph of U.S. technology and sheer determination to realize

the centuries-old dream of opening a passage between the seas.

Extensively illustrated, Moore’s book vividly recalls many other features of the fair,

including a seventy-five-foot-tall Uncle Sam. American railroads, in their heyday in

1915, contributed a five-acre scale model of Yellowstone, complete with miniature

geysers that erupted at regular intervals. A mini–Grand Canyon featured a village

where some twenty Pueblo Indians lived throughout the fair.

Moore interprets these visual and cultural artifacts as layered narratives of

progress, civilization, social Darwinism, and manliness. Much as the globe had

ostensibly shrunk with the completion of the Panama Canal, the Panama-Pacific

International Exposition compressed the world and represented it in miniature to

celebrate a reinvigorated, imperial, masculine, and technologically advanced nation.

As San Francisco bids to host another world’s fair, in 2020, Moore’s rich analytic

approach gives readers much to ponder about symbolism, American identity, and

contemporary parallels to the past.

Sarah J. Moore is Professor of Art History at the University of Arizona, Tucson,

and author of John White Alexander and the Search for National Identity:

Cosmopolitan American Art, 1880–1915.

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turning point in American history in

ways that no other book quite ac-

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forget.”—T. J. Boisseau, coeditor

of Gendering the Fair: Histories of

Women and Gender at World’s Fairs

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A concise biography of the world-renowned Taos Society artist

ernest l. blumenscheinthe life of an american artist

by robert W. larson and carole b. larson

Few who appreciate the visual arts or the American Southwest can behold the

masterpieces Sangre de Cristo Mountains or Haystack, Taos Valley, 1927 or Bend

in the River, 1941 and come away without a vivid image burned into memory. The

creator of these and many other depictions of the Southwest and its people was

Ernest L. Blumenschein, cofounder of the famous Taos art colony. This insightful,

comprehensive biography examines the character and life experiences that made

Blumenschein one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century.

Robert W. Larson and Carole B. Larson begin their life of “Blumy” with his Ohio

childhood and trace his development as an artist from early study in Cincinnati,

New York City, and Paris through his first career as a book and magazine

illustrator. Blumenschein and artist Bert G. Phillips discovered the budding art

community of Taos, New Mexico, in 1898. In 1915 the two along with Joseph

Henry Sharp, E. Irving Couse, and other like-minded artists organized the Taos

Society of Artists, famous for preferring American subjects over European themes

popular at the time.

Leaving illustration work behind, Blumenschein sought a distinctive place in his

American homeland and in fine-art painting. He moved with his family to Taos in

1919 and began his long career as a figurative and landscape painter, becoming

prominent among American artists for his Pueblo Indian figures and stunning

southwestern landscapes.

Robert Larson calls Blumenschein a “transformational artist,” trained classically but

drawing to a limited degree on abstract representation. Placing Blumy’s life in the

context of World War I, the Great Depression, and other national and world events,

the authors show how an artistic genius turned a fascination with the people,

light, and color of New Mexico into a body of work of lasting significance to the

international art world.

Robert W. Larson is the author of numerous articles and books on the history of the

American West, including Gall: Lakota War Chief. The late Carole B. Larson was a

journalist for the Roswell Daily Record and author of Forgotten Frontier: The Story

of Southeastern New Mexico.

may

$29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4334-7

344 pages, 5.5 × 8.5

16 color photos &16 b&w illus.

art/biography

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in contemporary rhythmThe Art of ernest l. blumenscheinby peter H. Hassrick and elizabeth J. cunningham$34.95s paper 978-0-8061-3948-7

john muirApostle of Natureby Thurman Wilkins$21.95s paper 978-0-8061-2797-2

john fordHollywood’s old masterby ronald l. Davis$24.95 paper 978-0-8061-2916-7

volume 28 in the oklahoma western biographies

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A fine-grained examination of small-town society and daily life in the late 1800s

march

$29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4352-1

256 pages, 6 × 9

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u.s. history

by All Accountsgeneral stores and community life in texas and indian territory

by linda english

The general store in late-nineteenth-century America was often the economic heart

of a small town. Merchants sold goods necessary for residents’ daily survival and

extended credit to many of their customers; cash-poor farmers relied on merchants

for their economic well-being just as the retailers needed customers to purchase

their wares. But there was more to this mutual dependence than economics. Store

owners often helped found churches and other institutions, and they and their

customers worshiped together, sent their children to the same schools, and in times

of crisis, came to one another’s assistance.

For this social and cultural history, Linda English combed store account ledgers

from the 1870s and 1880s and found in them the experiences of thousands of

people in Texas and Indian Territory. Particularly revealing are her insights into the

everyday lives of women, immigrants, and ethnic and racial minorities, especially

African Americans and American Indians.

A store’s ledger entries yield a wealth of detail about its proprietor, customers, and

merchandise. As a local gathering place, the general store witnessed many aspects

of residents’ daily lives—many of them recorded, if hastily, in account books. In a

small community with only one store, the clientele would include white, black, and

Indian shoppers and, in some locales, Mexican American and other immigrants.

Flour, coffee, salt, potatoes, tobacco, domestic fabrics, and other staples typified

most purchases, but occasional luxury items reflected the buyer’s desire for

refinement and upward mobility. Recognizing that townspeople often accessed the

wider world through the general store, English also traces the impact of national

concerns on remote rural areas—including Reconstruction, race relations, women’s

rights, and temperance campaigns.

In describing the social status of store owners and their economic and political roles

in both small agricultural communities and larger towns, English fleshes out the

fascinating history of daily life in Indian Territory and Texas in a time of transition.

Linda English is Assistant Professor of History at the University of

Texas–Pan American.

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women of oklahoma, 1890–1920by linda Williams reese$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2999-0

dreaming with the ancestorsblack seminole Women in Texas and mexicoby shirley boteler mock$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4053-7

volume 6 in the race and culture in the

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A wide-ranging narrative spanning the invention of the cotton gin and the Civil War

cotton and conquesthow the plantation system acquired texas

by roger g. Kennedy

Foreword by William debuys

This sweeping work of history explains the westward spread of cotton agriculture

and slave labor across the South and into Texas during the decades before the Civil

War. In arguing that the U.S. acquisition of Texas originated with planters’ need

for new lands to devote to cotton cultivation, celebrated author Roger G. Kennedy

takes a long view. Locating the genesis of Southern expansionism in the Jeffersonian

era, Cotton and Conquest stretches from 1790 through the end of the Civil War,

weaving international commerce, American party politics, technological innovation,

Indian-white relations, frontier surveying practices, and various social, economic,

and political events into the tapestry of Texas history.

The innumerable dots the author deftly connects take the story far beyond Texas.

Kennedy begins with a detailed chronicle of the commerce linking British and

French textile mills and merchants with Southern cotton plantations. When the

cotton states seceded from the Union, they overestimated British and French

dependence on Southern cotton. As a result, the Southern plantocracy believed

that the British would continue supporting the use of slaves in order to sustain the

supply of cotton—a miscalculation with dire consequences for the Confederacy.

As cartographers and surveyors located boundaries specified in new international

treaties and alliances, they violated earlier agreements with Indian tribes. The

Indians were to be displaced yet again, now from Texas cotton lands. The

plantation system was thus a prime mover behind Indian removal, Kennedy shows,

and it yielded power and riches for planters, bankers, merchants, millers, land

speculators, Indian-fighting generals and politicians, and slave traders.

In Texas, at the plantation system’s farthest geographic reach, cotton scored its

last triumphs. No one who seeks to understand the complex history of Texas can

overlook this book.

Roger G. Kennedy (1926–2011) served as Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s

National Museum of American History and then of the National Park Service. He

authored numerous articles and books, including Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson:

A Study in Character and Mr. Jefferson’s Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery, and

the Louisiana Purchase. William deBuys is an award-winning author of seven

books, including A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American

Southwest.

june

$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4346-0

352 pages, 6.125 × 9.25

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u.s. history

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black texansA History of African Americans in Texas, 1528–1995 second editionby Alwyn barr$24.95 paper 978-0-8061-2878-8

the civil war in the western territoriesArizona, colorado, New mexico, and utahby ray c. colton$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-1902-1

sam houstonby James l. Haley$24.95 paper 978-0-8061-3644-8

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may

$39.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4340-8

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biography/u.s. history

regionalists on the leftradical voices from the american west

edited by michael c. steiner

“Nothing is more anathema to a serious radical than regionalism,” Berkeley

English professor Henry Nash Smith asserted in 1980. Although regionalism in

the American West has often been characterized as an inherently conservative,

backward-looking force, regionalist impulses have in fact taken various forms

throughout U.S. history. The essays collected in Regionalists on the Left uncover the

tradition of left-leaning western regionalism during the 1930s and 1940s.

Editor Michael C. Steiner has assembled a group of distinguished scholars who

explore the lives and works of sixteen progressive western intellectuals, authors, and

artists, ranging from nationally prominent figures such as John Steinbeck and Carey

McWilliams to equally influential, though less well known, figures such as Angie

Debo and Américo Paredes. Although they never constituted a unified movement

complete with manifestos or specific goals, the thinkers and leaders examined in

this volume raised voices of protest against racial, environmental, and working-class

injustices during the Depression era that reverberate in the twenty-first century.

Sharing a deep affection for their native and adopted places within the West, these

individuals felt a strong sense of avoidable and remediable wrong done to the land

and the people who lived upon it, motivating them to seek the root causes of social

problems and demand change. Regionalists on the Left shows also that this radical

regionalism in the West often took urban, working-class, and multicultural forms.

Other books have dealt with western regionalism in general, but this volume

is unique in its focus on left-leaning regionalists, including such lesser-known

writers as B. A. Botkin, Carlos Bulosan, Sanora Babb, and Joe Jones. Tracing the

relationship between politics and place across the West, Regionalists on the Left

highlights a significant but neglected strain of western thought and expression.

Michael C. Steiner is Professor Emeritus of American Studies at California State

University, Fullerton. He has authored award-winning articles and co-authored or

co-edited several books including Region and Regionalism in the United States;

Mapping American Culture; and Many Wests: Place, Culture, and Regional Identity.

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utah historians and the reconstruction of western historyby gary Topping$24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3561-8

the future of the southern plainsedited by sherry l. smith$29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3553-3$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3735-3

the natural westenvironmental History in the great plains and rocky mountainsby Dan Flores$29.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3304-1$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3537-3

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A fascinating, disturbing study of Reconstruction in the multiracial West

An Aristocracy of colorrace and reconstruction in california and the west, 1850–1890

by D. michael bottoms

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. State elections in California to

ratify Reconstruction-era amendments to the U.S. Constitution raised the question

of whether extending suffrage to black Californians might also lead to the political

participation of thousands of Chinese immigrants.

As historian D. Michael Bottoms shows in An Aristocracy of Color, many white

Californians saw in this and other Reconstruction legislation a threat to the fragile

racial hierarchy they had imposed on the state’s legal system during the 1850s.

But nonwhite Californians—blacks and Chinese in particular—recognized an

unprecedented opportunity to reshape the state’s race relations. Drawing on court

records, political debates, and eyewitness accounts, Bottoms brings to life the

monumental battle that followed.

Bottoms begins by analyzing white Californians’ mid-century efforts to prohibit

nonwhite testimony against whites in court. Challenges to these laws by blacks and

Chinese during Reconstruction followed a trajectory that would be repeated in later

contests. Each minority challenged the others for higher status in court, at the polls,

in education, and elsewhere, employing stereotypes and ideas of racial difference

popular among whites to argue for its own rightful place in “civilized” society.

Whites contributed to the melee by occasionally yielding to blacks in order to keep

the Chinese and California Indians at a disadvantage.

These dynamics reverberated in other state legal systems throughout the West in the

mid- to late 1800s and nationwide in the twentieth century. As An Aristocracy of

Color reveals, Reconstruction outside of the South briefly promised an opportunity

for broader equality but in the end strengthened and preserved the racial hierarchy

that favored whites.

D. Michael Bottoms studies race and law in the nineteenth-century American West.

He is currently visiting Assistant Professor of History at Whitman College.

february

$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4335-4

288 pages, 6 × 9

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u.s. history

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the black regulars, 1866–1898by William A. Dobak and Thomas D. phillips$34.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3340-9

contest for californiaFrom spanish colonization to the American conquestby stephen g. Hyslop$39.95s cloth 978-0-87062-411-7

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american west series

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june

$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4336-1

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american indian/reference

manhattan to minisinkamerican indian place names of greater new york and vicinity

by robert s. grumet

Drivers exiting the New Jersey Turnpike for Perth Amboy, and map readers

marveling at all the places in Pennsylvania named Lackawanna, need no longer

wonder how these names originated. Manhattan to Minisink provides the histories

of more than five hundred place names in the Greater New York area, including the

five boroughs, western Long Island, the New York counties north of the city, and

parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Robert S. Grumet, a leading

ethnohistorian specializing in the region’s Indian peoples, draws on his meticulous

research and deep knowledge to determine the origins of Native, and Native-

sounding, place names.

Grumet divides his encyclopedic entries into two parts. The first comprises an

alphabetical listing of nearly 340 Indian place names preserved in colonial records,

located by county and state. Each entry includes the name’s language of origin,

if known, and a brief discussion of its etymology, including its earliest known

occurrence in written records, the history of its appearance on maps, and the name’s

current status.

The book’s second section presents nearly 200 place names that, though widely

believed to be of Indian origin, are “imports, inventions, invocations, or impostors.”

Mistranslations are abundant in place names, and Grumet has ferreted out the

mistakes and deceptions among home-grown colonial etymologies that New

Yorkers have accepted for centuries.

Complete with a concise history of Greater New York, a discussion of the region’s

naming practices, a useful timeline, and four maps, this is an invaluable resource

both for scholars and for readers who want a more intimate knowledge of the place

where they live or visit.

Anthropologist and retired National Park Service Archaeologist Robert S. Grumet is Senior Research Associate with the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at

the University of Pennsylvania. His numerous publications include Native American

Place Names in New York City and First Manhattans: A History of the Indians of

Greater New York.

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first manhattansA History of the Indians of greater New Yorkby robert s. grumet$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-4163-3

the unkechaug indians of eastern long islandA Historyby John A. strong$29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4212-8

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A significant Choctaw legal document, available in Choctaw and English for the first time

A gathering of statesmenrecords of the choctaw council meetings, 1826–1828

by peter perkins pitchlynn

Translated and edited by marcia Haag and Henry Willis

Introduction by clara sue Kidwell

The early decades of the nineteenth century brought intense political turmoil and

cultural change for the Choctaw Indians. While they still lived on their native lands

in central Mississippi, they would soon be forcibly removed to Oklahoma. This

book makes available for the first time a key legal document from this turbulent

period in Choctaw history. Originally written in Choctaw by Peter Perkins

Pitchlynn (1806–1881), and painstakingly translated by linguist Marcia Haag and

native speaker Henry Willis, the document is reproduced here in both Choctaw and

English, with original text and translation appearing side by side.

A leader and future chief of the Choctaw Nation, Pitchlynn created this record in

the wake of a series of Choctaw Council meetings that occurred during the years

1826–1828. The council consisted of chiefs and other tribal statesmen from the

nation’s three districts. Their goal for these meetings was to uphold traditions

of Choctaw leadership and provide guidance on conduct for Choctaw people

“according to a common mind.”

Featuring an in-depth introduction by historian Clara Sue Kidwell, this book is an

important foundational source for understanding the evolution of the Choctaw

Nation and its eventual adoption of a formal constitution.

Marcia Haag is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Oklahoma.

Henry Willis, a native Choctaw speaker, serves as a consultant for the Choctaw

Nation of Oklahoma Language Program. Haag and Willis are coauthors of

Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa, Volumes 1 and 2. Clara Sue Kidwell is the author of Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi, 1818–1918, and

The Choctaws in Oklahoma: From Tribe to Nation, 1855–1970.

april

$29.95s paper 978-0-8061-4349-1

180 pages, 6 × 9

7 illus., 2 maps

american indian

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on the drafting of tribal constitutionsby Felix s. cohenedited by David e. Wilkins$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3806-0

the choctaws in oklahomaFrom Tribe to Nation, 1855–1970by clara sue Kidwell$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-4006-3

choctaw language and culturechahta Anumpa, Volume 2by marcia Haag and Henry Willis$29.95 paper 978-0-8061-3339-3

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american indian/military history

columns of Vengeancesoldiers, sioux, and the punitive expeditions, 1863–1864

by paul N. beck

In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected wars—the

first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an internal war against

the Sioux. While the Civil War was more important to the future of the United

States, the Dakota War of 1862 proved far more destructive to the people of

Minnesota—both whites and American Indians. It led to U.S. military action against

the Sioux, divided the Dakotas over whether to fight or not, and left hundreds

of white settlers dead. In Columns of Vengeance, historian Paul N. Beck offers a

reappraisal of the Punitive Expeditions of 1863 and 1864, the U.S. Army’s response

to the Dakota War of 1862.

Whereas previous accounts have approached the Punitive Expeditions as a military

campaign of the Indian Wars, Beck argues that the expeditions were also an

extension of the Civil War. The strategy and tactics reflected those of the war in the

East, and Civil War operations directly affected planning and logistics in the West.

Beck also examines the devastating impact the expeditions had on the various bands

and tribes of the Sioux. Whites viewed the expeditions as punishment—“columns

of vengeance” sent against those Dakotas who had started the war in 1862—yet

the majority of the Sioux the army encountered had little or nothing to do with the

earlier uprising in Minnesota.

Rather than relying only on the official records of the commanding officers involved,

Beck presents a much fuller picture of the conflict by consulting the letters, diaries,

and personal accounts of the common soldiers who took part in the expeditions, as

well as rare personal narratives from the Dakotas. Drawing on a wealth of firsthand

accounts and linking the Punitive Expeditions of 1863 and 1864 to the overall Civil

War experience, Columns of Vengeance offers fresh insight into an important chapter

in the development of U.S. military operations against the Sioux.

Paul N. Beck is Professor of History at Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee,

and author of Inkpaduta: Dakota Leader.

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battles and skirmishes of the great sioux war, 1876–1877The military Viewby Jerome A. greene$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2669-2

blue water creek and the first sioux war, 1854–1856by r. eli paul$34.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3590-8$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-4275-3

sagebrush soldierprivate William earl smith’s View of the sioux War of 1876by sherry l. smith$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3335-5

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The antebellum struggle for U.S. control of southern New Mexico

Dragoons in Apachelandconquest and resistance in southern new mexico, 1846–1861

by William s. Kiser

In the fifteen years prior to the American Civil War, the U.S. Army established a

presence in southern New Mexico, the homeland of Mescalero, Mimbres, and

Mogollon bands of the Apache Indians. From the army’s perspective, the Apaches

presented an obstacle to be overcome in making the region—newly acquired in

the Mexican-American War—safe for Anglo settlers. In Dragoons in Apacheland,

William S. Kiser recounts the conflicts that ensued and examines how both Apache

warriors and American troops shaped the future of the Southwest Borderlands.

Kiser narrates two distinct contests. The Apaches were defending their territory

against the encroachment of soldiers and settlers. At the same time, the Anglo-

Americans maneuvered against one another in a competition for political and

economic power and for Apache territory. Cross-cultural misunderstandings,

political corruption in Santa Fe and Washington, anti-Indian racism, troublemakers

among both Apaches and settlers, irresponsible army officers and troops, corrupt

American and Mexican traders, and policy disagreements among government

officials all contributed to the ongoing hostilities. Kiser examines the behaviors

and motivations of individuals involved in all aspects of these local, regional, and

national disputes.

Kiser is one of only a few historians to deal with this crucial period in Indian-white

relations in the Southwest—and the first to detail the experiences of the First and

Second United States Dragoons, elite mounted troops better equipped and trained

than infantry to confront Apache guerrilla warriors more accustomed to the

southwestern environment. Often led by the Gila leader Mangas Coloradas, the

Apaches fought desperately to protect their lands and way of life. The Americans,

Kiser shows, used unauthorized tactics of total warfare, encouraging field units

to attack villages and destroy crops and livestock, particularly when the Apaches

refused to engage the troops in pitched battles.

Kiser’s insights into the pre–Civil War conflicts in southern New Mexico are

essential to a deeper understanding of the larger U.S.-Apache war that culminated

in the heroic resistance of Cochise, Victorio, and Geronimo.

William S. Kiser is author of Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of

the Mesilla Valley, 1846–1865.

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cochisechiricahua Apache chiefby edwin r. sweeney$24.95 paper 978-0-8061-2606-7

making peace with cochiseThe 1872 Journal of captain Joseph Alton sladenedited by edwin r. sweeney$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3978-4

from cochise to geronimoThe chiricahua Apaches, 1874–1886by edwin r. sweeney$24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4272-2

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march

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232 pages, 6 × 9

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u.s. history

custer, cody, and grand Duke Alexishistorical archaeology of the royal buffalo hunt

by Douglas D. scott, peter bleed, and stephen Damm

On a chilly January morning in 1872, a special visitor arrived by train in North

Platte, Nebraska. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia had already seen the cities and

sights of the East—New York, Washington, and Niagara Falls—and now the young

nobleman was about to enjoy a western adventure: a grand buffalo hunt. His host

would be General Philip Sheridan, and the excursion would include several of the

West’s most iconic characters: George Armstrong Custer, Buffalo Bill Cody, and

Spotted Tale of the Brulé Sioux.

The Royal Buffalo Hunt, as this event is now called, has become a staple of

western lore. Yet incorrect information and misconceptions about the excursion

have prevented a clear understanding of what really took place. In this fascinating

book, Douglas D. Scott, Peter Bleed, and Stephen Damm combine archaeological

and historical research to offer an expansive and accurate portrayal of this singular

diplomatic event.

The authors focus their investigation on the Red Willow Creek encampment site,

now named Camp Alexis, the party’s only stopping place along the hunt trail

that can be located with certainty. In addition to physical artifacts, the authors

examine a plethora of primary accounts—such as railroad timetables, invitations

to balls and dinners, even sheet music commemorating the visit—to supplement

the archaeological evidence. They also reference documents from the Russian

State Archives previously unavailable to researchers, as well as recently discovered

photographs that show the layout and organization of the camp. Weaving all

these elements together, their account constitutes a valuable product of the

interdisciplinary approach known as microhistory.

Douglas D. Scott, widely known as an expert on battlefield archaeology, served as

Supervisory Archeologist, Midwest Archaeological Center, National Park Service.

He is the author of numerous books, including most recently Uncovering History:

Archaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn. Peter Bleed is Professor

Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Stephen Damm is

a graduate student in anthropology at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

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archaeological perspectives on the battle of the little bighornby Douglas D. scott, richard A. Fox Jr., melissa A. connor and Dick Harmon$24.95 paper 978-0-8061-3292-1

archaeological insights into the custer battleAn Assessment of the 1984 Field seasonby Douglas D. scott and richard A. Fox, Jr.$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-2065-2

they died with custersoldiers’ bones from the battle of the little bighornby Douglas D. scott, p. Willey, and melissa A. connor$21.95 paper 978-0-8061-3507-6

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The archaeological history of a legendary battle site

uncovering Historyarchaeological investigations at the little bighorn

by Douglas D. scott

Foreword by bob reece

Almost as soon as the last shot was fired in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the

battlefield became an archaeological site. For many years afterward, as fascination

with the famed 1876 fight intensified, visitors to the area scavenged the many relics

left behind. It took decades, however, before researchers began to tease information

from the battle’s debris—and the new field of battlefield archaeology began to

emerge. In Uncovering History, renowned archaeologist Douglas D. Scott offers

a comprehensive account of investigations at the Little Bighorn, from the earliest

collecting efforts to early-twentieth-century findings.

Artifacts found on a field of battle and removed without context or care are just

relics, curiosities that arouse romantic imagination. When investigators recover

these artifacts in a systematic manner, though, these items become a valuable source

of clues for reconstructing battle events. Here Scott describes how detailed analysis

of specific detritus at the Little Bighorn—such as cartridge cases, fragments of

camping equipment and clothing, and skeletal remains—have allowed researchers

to reconstruct and reinterpret the history of the conflict. In the process, he

demonstrates how major advances in technology, such as metal detection and GPS,

have expanded the capabilities of battlefield archaeologists to uncover new evidence

and analyze it with greater accuracy.

Through his broad survey of Little Bighorn archaeology across a span of 130 years,

Scott expands our understanding of the battle, its protagonists, and the enduring

legacy of the battlefield as a national memorial.

Douglas D. Scott is retired as supervisory archaeologist, Midwest Archeological

Center, National Park Service. Widely known as an expert on military archaeology,

he is the author or co-author of numerous publications, including Archaeological

Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn and They Died with Custer:

Soldiers’ Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Bob Reece is President of the

Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield.

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stricken fieldThe little bighorn since 1876by Jerome A. greene$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3791-9

great sioux war orders of battleHow the united states Army Waged War on the Northern plains, 1876–1877by paul l. Hedren$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-4322-4

finding sand creekHistory, Archeology, and the 1864 massacre siteby Jerome A. greene and Douglas D. scott$24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3623-3$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3801-5

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new to ou press

los Angeles in civil War Days, 1860–1865by John W. robinson

“This brief, very readable, and important book calls attention to a subject too long

neglected—the bifurcation of life in Los Angeles during the Civil War years.”—

Thomas F. Andrews, Research Historian for Special Collections, Asuza Pacific

University

Most accounts of California’s role in the Civil War focus on the northern part

of the state, San Francisco in particular. In Los Angeles in Civil War Days, John

W. Robinson looks to the southern half and offers an enlightening sketch of

Los Angeles and its people, politics, and economic trends from 1860 to 1865.

Drawing on contemporary reports in the Los Angeles Star, Southern News, and

other sources, Robinson shows how the war came to Los Angeles and narrates the

struggle between the pro-Southern faction and the Unionists.

Los Angeles in the early 1860s was a developing town, lacking many of the

refinements of civilization that San Francisco then enjoyed, and was much smaller

than the bustling metropolis we know today. The book focuses on the effects

of the war on Los Angeles, but Robinson also considers social and economic

problems to provide a broader view of the community and its place in the nation.

The Conscription Act and devalued greenbacks encited public unrest, and the

cattle-killing drought of 1862–64, a smallpox epidemic, and recurrent vigilantism

challenged Angelenos as well.

California historians and those interested in the city’s historical record will find this

book a fascinating addition to the body of California’s Civil War history.

John W. Robinson, a retired teacher and historian, is the author of numerous books

and articles on California history. He was awarded a Fellows Medallion by the

Historical Society of Southern California.

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the civil war in arizonaThe story of the california Volunteers, 1861–1865by Andrew e. masich$26.95s paper 978-0-8061-3900-5

pío picoThe last governor of mexican californiaby carlos manuel salomon$24.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4090-2$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-4237-1

reminiscences of a rangerearly Times in southern californiaby Horace bell$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3152-8

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A comprehensive history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II

going for brokejapanese american soldiers in the war against nazi germany

by James m. mccaffrey

When Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Americans

reacted with revulsion and horror. In the patriotic war fever that followed,

thousands of volunteers—including Japanese Americans—rushed to military

recruitment centers. Except for those in the Hawaii National Guard, who made

up the 100th Infantry Battalion, the U.S. Army initially turned Japanese American

prospects away. Then, as a result of anti-Japanese fearmongering on the West Coast,

more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese descent were sent to confinement in

inland “relocation centers.” Most were natural-born citizens, their only “crime”

their ethnicity.

After the army eventually decided it would admit the second-generation Japanese

American (Nisei) volunteers, it complemented the 100th Infantry Battalion by

creating the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This mostly Japanese American unit

consisted of soldiers drafted before Pearl Harbor, volunteers from Hawaii, and

even recruits from the relocation centers. In Going for Broke, historian James M.

McCaffrey traces these men’s experiences in World War II, from training to some of

the deadliest combat in Europe.

Weaving together the voices of numerous soldiers, McCaffrey tells of the men’s

frustrations and achievements on the U.S. mainland and abroad. Training in

Mississippi, the recruits from Hawaii and the mainland have their first encounter

with southern-style black-white segregation. Once in action, they helped push the

Germans out of Italy and France. The 442nd would go on to become one of the

most highly decorated units in the U.S. Army.

McCaffrey’s account makes clear that like other American soldiers in World War

II, the Nisei relied on their personal determination, social values, and training to

“go for broke”—to bet everything, even their lives. Ultimately, their bravery and

patriotism in the face of prejudice advanced racial harmony and opportunities for

Japanese Americans after the war.

James M. McCaffrey is Professor of History at the University of Houston–

Downtown and author of several books, including Inside the Spanish-American

War: A History Based on First-Person Accounts.

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once upon a time in warThe 99th Division in World War IIby robert e. Humphrey$24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3946-3

bataanA survivor’s storyby lt. gene boyt with David l burch$24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3582-3

infantry soldierHolding the lines at the battle of the bulgeby george W. Neill$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3380-5

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sickness, suffering, and the swordthe british regiment on campaign, 1808–1815

by Andrew bamford

Foreword by Donald e. graves

Although an army’s success is often measured in battle outcomes, its victories

depend on strengths that may be less obvious on the field. In Sickness, Suffering,

and the Sword, military historian Andrew Bamford assesses the effectiveness of the

British Army in sustained campaigning during the Napoleonic Wars. In the process,

he offers a fresh and controversial look at Britain’s military system, showing that

success or failure on campaign rested on the day-to-day experiences of regimental

units rather than the army as a whole.

Bamford draws his title from the words of Captain Moyle Sherer, who during the

winter of 1816–1817 wrote an account of his service during the Peninsular War:

“My regiment has never been very roughly handled in the field. . . But, alas! What

between sickness, suffering, and the sword, few, very few of those men are now in

existence.” Bamford argues that those daily scourges of such often-ignored factors

as noncombat deaths and equine strength and losses determined outcomes on the

battlefield.

In the nineteenth century, the British Army was a collection of regiments rather than

a single unified body, and the regimental system bore the responsibility of supplying

manpower on that field. Between 1808 and 1815, when Britain was fighting a

global conflict far greater than its military capabilities, the system nearly collapsed.

Only a few advantages narrowly outweighed the army’s increasing inability to meet

manpower requirements. This book examines those critical dynamics in Britain’s

major early-nineteenth-century campaigns: the Peninsular War (1808–1814), the

Walcheren Expedition (1809), the American War (1812–1815), and the growing

commitments in northern Europe from 1813 on.

Drawn from primary documents, Bamford’s statistical analysis compares the vast

disparities between regiments and different theatres of war and complements recent

studies of health and sickness in the British Army.

Andrew Bamford is a freelance historian and writer. Military historian Donald E. Graves is the author of several books, including most recently Dragon Rampant:

The Royal Welch Fusiliers at War, 1793–1815.

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all for the king’s shillingThe british soldier under Wellington, 1808–1814by edward J. coss$39.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4105-3

on wellingtonA critique of Waterlooby carl von clausewitz Translated and edited by peter Hofschröer$32.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4108-4

wellington’s two-front warThe peninsular campaigns, at Home and Abroad, 1808–1814by Joshua moon$34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4157-2

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A generous and merciful enemylife for german prisoners of war during the american revolution

by Daniel Krebs

Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities, collectively remembered

as Hessians, entered service as British auxiliaries in the American War of

Independence. At times, they constituted a third of the British army in North

America, and thousands of them were imprisoned by the Americans. Despite the

importance of Germans in the British war effort, historians have largely overlooked

these men. Drawing on research in German military records and common soldiers’

letters and diaries, Daniel Krebs places the prisoners on center stage in A Generous

and Merciful Enemy, portraying them as individuals rather than simply as numbers

in casualty lists.

Setting his account in the context of British and European politics and warfare,

Krebs explains the motivations of the German states that provided contract soldiers

for the British army. We think of the Hessians as mercenaries, but, as he shows,

many were conscripts. Some were new recruits; others, veterans. Some wanted to

stay in the New World after the war. Krebs further describes how the Germans

were made prisoners, either through capture or surrender, and brings to life their

experiences in captivity from New England to Havana, Cuba.

Krebs discusses prison conditions in detail, addressing both the American approach

to war prisoners and the prisoners’ responses to their experience. He assesses

American efforts as a “generous and merciful enemy” to use the prisoners as

economic, military, and propagandistic assets. In the process, he never loses sight of

the impact of imprisonment on the POWs themselves.

Adding new dimensions to an important but often neglected topic in military

history, Krebs probes the origins of the modern treatment of POWs. An epilogue

describes an almost-forgotten 1785 treaty between the United States and Prussia,

the first in western legal history to regulate the treatment of prisoners of war.

Daniel Krebs is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Louisville,

Kentucky.

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our last missionA World War II prisoner in germanyby Dawn Trimble bunyak$19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3717-9

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latin american studies

politics of the maya courthierarchy and change in the late classic period

by sarah e. Jackson

In recent decades, advances in deciphering Maya hieroglyphic writing have given

scholars new tools for understanding key aspects of ancient Maya society. This

book—the first comprehensive examination of the Maya royal court—exemplifies

the importance of these new sources. Authored by anthropologist Sarah E. Jackson

and richly illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps, Politics of the Maya

Court uses hieroglyphic and iconographic evidence to explore the composition and

social significance of royal courts in the Late Classic period (a.d. 600–900), with a

special emphasis on the role of courtly elites.

As Jackson explains, the Maya region of southern Mexico and Central America

was not a unified empire but a loosely aggregated culture area composed of

independent kingdoms. Royal courts had a presence in large, central communities

from Chiapas to Yucatan and the highlands of Guatemala and western Honduras.

Each major polity was ruled by a k’uhul ajaw, or holy lord, who embodied

intertwined aspects of religious and political authority. The hieroglyphic texts that

adorned walls, furniture, and portable items in these centers of power provide

specific information about the positions, roles, and meanings of the courts. Jackson

uses these documents as keys to understanding Classic Maya political hierarchy

and, specifically, the institution of the royal court. Within this context, she

investigates the lives of the nobility and the participation of elites in court politics.

By identifying particular individuals and their life stories, Jackson humanizes Maya

society, showing how events resulted from the actions and choices of specific people.

Jackson’s innovative portrayal of court membership provides a foundation for

scholarship on the nature, functions, and responsibilities of Maya royal courts.

Sarah E. Jackson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the

University of Cincinnati.

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A step-by-step guide to reading Maya glyphs

Translating maya Hieroglyphsby scott A. J. Johnson

Maya hieroglyphic writing may seem impossibly opaque to beginning students,

but scholar Scott A. J. Johnson presents it as a regular and comprehensible system

in this engaging, easy-to-follow textbook. The only comprehensive introduction

designed specifically for those new to the study, Translating Maya Hieroglyphs uses

a hands-on approach to teach learners the current state of Maya epigraphy.

Johnson shows readers step by step how to translate ancient Maya glyphs. He

begins by describing how to break down a Mayan text into individual glyphs in

the correct reading order, and then explains the different types of glyphs and how

they function in the script. Finally, he shows how to systematically convert a Mayan

inscription into modern English.

Not simply a reference volume, Translating Maya Hieroglyphs is pedagogically

arranged so that it functions as an introductory foreign-language textbook.

Chapters cover key topics, including spelling, dates and numbers, basic grammar,

and verbs. Formal linguistic information is accessibly explained, while worksheets

and exercises complement and reinforce the material covered in the text. Glyph

blocks and phrases drawn from actual monuments illustrate the variety and scribal

virtuosity of Maya writing.

The Maya writing system has not been fully deciphered. Throughout the text,

Johnson outlines and explains the outstanding disputes among Mayanists. At

the end of each chapter, he offers sources for further reading. Helpful appendices

provide quick reference to vocabulary, glyph meanings, and calendrical data for

students undertaking a translation.

The study of Maya glyphs has long been an arcane subject known only to a few

specialists. This book will change that. Taking advantage of the great strides

scholars have made in deciphering hieroglyphs in the past four decades, Translating

Maya Hieroglyphs brings this knowledge to a broader audience, including

archaeologists and budding epigraphers.

Scott A. J. Johnson teaches at Grande Prairie Regional College in Alberta, Canada.

He completed his doctoral work at Tulane University and is the author of several

articles and book chapters on Maya archaeology and epigraphy.

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the new catalog of maya hieroglyphsVolume Two: codical Textsby martha J. macri and gabrielle Vail$65.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4071-1

the decipherment of ancient maya writingedited by stephen Houston, oswaldo chinchilla mazariegos and David stuart$65.00s cloth 978-0-8061-3204-4

a book in the recovering languages

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latin american studies

crisis of governance in maya guatemalaindigenous responses to a failing state

edited by John p. Hawkins, James H. mcDonald,

and Walter randolph Adams

The possibility of violence beneath a thin veneer of civil society is a fact of daily

life for twenty-first-century Guatemalans, from field laborers to the president of

the country. Crisis of Governance in Maya Guatemala explores the causes and

consequences of governmental failure by focusing on life in two K’iche’ Maya

communities in the country’s western highlands. The contributors to this volume,

who lived among the villagers for some time, include both undergraduate students

and distinguished scholars. They describe the ways Mayas struggle to survive and

make sense of their lives, both within their communities and in relation to the

politico-economic institutions of the nation and the world.

Since Guatemala’s thirty-six-year civil war ended in 1996, the state has been

dysfunctional, the country’s economy precarious, and physical safety uncertain. The

intrusion of Mexican cartels led the U.S. State Department to declare Guatemala

“the epicenter of the drug threat” in Central America. Rapid cultural change, weak

state governance, organized crime, pervasive corruption, and ethnic exclusion

provide the backdrop for the studies in this volume.

Seven nuanced ethnographies collected here reveal the complexities of indigenous

life and describe physical and cultural conflicts within and between villages,

between insiders and outsiders, and between local and federal governments. Many

of these essays point to a tragic irony: the communities seem largely forgotten by

the government until the state seeks to capture their resources—timber, minerals,

votes. Other chapters portray villages responding to criminal activity through lynch

mobs and by labeling nonconformist youth as gang members.

In focusing on the internal dynamics of poor, marginal communities in Guatemala,

this book explores the realities of life for indigenous people on all continents who

are faced with the social changes brought about by war and globalization.

John P. Hawkins is Professor of Anthropology at Brigham Young University. James H. McDonald is Professor of Anthropology and Dean of Humanities

and Social Sciences at Southern Utah University. Walter Randolph Adams is an

independent scholar living in Guatemala and former Research Professor at the

Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University.

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health care in maya guatemalaconfronting medical pluralism in a Developing countryedited by Walter randolph Adams and John p. Hawkins $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3859-6

roads to change in maya guatemalaA Field school Approach to understanding the K’iche’edited by John p. Hawkins and Walter randolph Adams$29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3708-7$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3730-8

maya resurgence in guatemalaQ’eqchi’ experiencesby richard Wilson$19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3195-5

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The definitive book on the armadillo, by the world’s leading experts

The Nine-banded Armadilloa natural history

by W. J. loughry and colleen m. mcDonough

The word armadillo is Spanish for “little armored one.” This midsize mammal that

looks like a walking tank is a source of fascination for many people but a mystery

to almost all. Dating back at least eleven million years, the nocturnal, burrowing

insectivore was for centuries mistaken for a cross between a hedgehog and a turtle,

but it actually belongs to the mammalian superorder Xenarthra that includes sloths

and anteaters. Biologists W. J. Loughry and Colleen M. McDonough have studied

the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) for more than twenty years.

Their richly illustrated book offers the first comprehensive review of everything

scientists know about this unique animal.

Engaging both scientists and a broader public, Loughry and McDonough describe

the armadillo’s anatomy and physiology and all aspects of its ecology, behavior, and

evolution. They also compare the nine-banded armadillo with twenty or so other,

related species. The authors pay special attention to three key features of armadillo

biology—reproduction, disease, and habitat expansion—and why they matter.

Armadillos reproduce in a unique and puzzling manner: females always give

birth to litters of genetically identical quadruplets, a strategy not found in any

other vertebrates. Nine-banded armadillos are also the only vertebrates except for

humans known to contract leprosy naturally. And what about habitat expansion?

The authors suggest that the armadillo’s remarkable spread across the southeastern

United States may be the consequence of its most notable feature: a tough,

protective carapace.

Biologists, evolutionists, students, and all those interested in this curious creature

will find The Nine-Banded Armadillo rich in information and insight. This

comprehensive analysis will stand as the definitive scientific reference for years to

come and a source of pleasure for the general public.

W. J. Loughry and Colleen M. McDonough both received their Ph.D.s in animal

behavior from the University of California at Davis. They are now Professors of

Biology at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. They endeavor to live

well.

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oklahoma’s Indian New Dealby Jon s. blackman

Among the New Deal programs that transformed American life in the 1930s was

legislation known as the Indian New Deal, whose centerpiece was the Indian

Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934. Oddly, much of that law did not apply to Native

residents of Oklahoma, even though a large percentage of the country’s Native

American population resided there in the 1930s and no other state was home to

so many different tribes. The Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act (OIWA), passed by

Congress in 1936, brought Oklahoma Indians under all of the IRA’s provisions,

but included other measures that applied only to Oklahoma’s tribal population.

This first book-length history of the OIWA explains the law’s origins, enactment,

implementation, and impact, and shows how the act played a unique role in the

Indian New Deal.

In the early decades of the twentieth century, white farmers, entrepreneurs, and

lawyers used allotment policies and other legal means to gain control of thousands

of acres of Indian land in Oklahoma. To counter the accumulated effects of this

history, the OIWA specified how tribes could strengthen government by adopting

new constitutions, and it enabled both tribes and individual Indians to obtain

financial credit and land. Virulent opposition to the bill came from oil, timber,

mining, farming, and ranching interests. Jon S. Blackman’s narrative of the

legislative battle reveals the roles of bureaucrats, politicians, and tribal members in

drafting and enacting the law.

Although the OIWA encouraged tribes to organize for political and economic

purposes, it yielded mixed results. It did not produce a significant increase in Indian

land ownership in Oklahoma, and only a small percentage of Indian households

applied for OIWA loans. Yet the act increased member participation in tribal affairs,

enhanced Indian relations with non-Indian businesses and government, promoted

greater Indian influence in government programs—and, as Blackman shows, became

a springboard to the self-determination movements of the 1950s and 1960s.

Currently employed by the U.S. State Department, Jon S. Blackman is an

independent historian who focuses on federal Indian policy.

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New perspectives in mormon studiescreating and crossing boundaries

edited by Quincy D. Newell

and eric F. mason

Foreword by Jan shipps

Mormon and non-Mormon scholars explore boundaries within Mormon studies

Scholarship in Mormon studies has often focused on a few key events and individuals in Mormon history. The essays collected by Quincy D. Newell and Eric F. Mason in this interdisciplinary volume expand the conversation.

One of the main purposes of this volume is to define and cross boundaries. Part 1 addresses internal boundaries—walls that divide some Mormons from others. One chapter examines Joseph Smith’s writings on economic matters and argues that he sought to make social distinctions irrelevant. Another considers Jane James, an African American Latter-day Saint, and her experiences at the intersection of religious and racial identity

In part 2, contributors consider Mormonism's influence on Pentecostal leader John Alexander Dowie and relationships between Mormonism and other religious movements, including Methodism and Presbyterianism. Other chapters compare Mormonism and Islam and examine the group Ex-Mormons for Jesus/Saints Alive in Jesus.

Part 3 deals with Mormonism in the academy and the ongoing evolution of Mormon studies. Written by contributors from a variety of backgrounds, these essays will spark scholarly dialogue across the disciplines.

Quincy D. Newell is the author of Constructing Lives at Mission

San Francisco: Native Californians and Hispanic Colonists,

1776–1821. Eric F. Mason is the author of “You Are a Priest

Forever”: Second Temple Jewish Messianism and the Priestly

Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Jan Shipps is the author or editor of several books on Mormonism, including

Sojourner in the Promised Land: Forty Years among the

Mormons.

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understanding the global communityedited by Zach p. messitte and

suzette r. grillot

A concise and accessible survey of contemporary issues in international relations

Since the end of the Cold War, interaction among communities across the globe has increased exponentially. Globalization has changed how we live, how we communicate, what we eat, and how we travel around the world. What do such social, political, and economic changes mean in a twenty-first-century context?

Understanding the Global Community explores these and other key questions, offering a concise overview of contemporary topics in international relations. Edited by Zach P. Messitte and Suzette R. Grillot, with contributions from prominent scholars across various disciplines, this accessible survey is perfectly suited for undergraduate courses in international and area studies as well as for anyone seeking a clearer understanding of today’s major global concerns.

Unique in its approach, Understanding the Global Community

examines both international issues and regional perspectives. The first half of the book explores overarching global themes, including American foreign policy, international security, humanitarian intervention, and the global economy. The second half addresses nationalism and its challenge to the development of a global community, with region-specific chapters focusing on historic and contemporary issues in China, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. A glossary at the end of the book provides useful definitions of key terms and concepts.

Zach P. Messitte is President of Ripon College in Wisconsin. He previously served as the first Dean of the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Suzette R. Grillot is Interim Dean of the College of International Studies and Max and Heidi Berry Chair and Professor in International Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

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Wavell in the middle east, 1939–1941a study in generalship

by Harold e. raugh, Jr.

An in-depth profile of one of Britain’s most respected yet enigmatic generals

This masterly study of generalship covers two years of intense operational activity during which Field Marshal Wavell, as Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, was at one point conducting no fewer than five campaigns simultaneously. Two of those campaigns will stand in history as truly great victories, and one—the campaign in Greece in 1941—as a source of endless controversy.

Harold E. Raugh, Jr., has drawn upon previously unavailable official documents and interviewed or corresponded with a wide range of soldiers who served under Wavell. Raugh shows how Wavell’s early experience as a soldier and budding commander were reflected in his later decision making and shrewd military vision.

Although Wavell’s charismatic personality endeared him to all who served under him and earned him the profound respect of his fellows, and even of the enemy, his natural taciturnity brought him into conflict with his political masters. In spite of his enormous military achievements at one of the most critical periods in his country’s history, Wavell has been undeservedly relegated to obscurity—a historical oversight that Raugh corrects with this richly detailed book.

Harold E. Raugh, Jr., is the Command Historian of U.S. Army V Corps in Heidelberg, Germany. Retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel, he is the author of four books including Fort Ord and Presidio of Monterey.

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perseverance

by ellen cushman

A new perspective on Sequoyah’s enduring invention

In 1821, Sequoyah, a Cherokee metalworker and inventor, introduced a writing system that he had been developing for more than a decade. His creation—the Cherokee syllabary—helped his people learn to read and write within five years and became a principal part of their identity. This groundbreaking study traces the creation, dissemination, and evolution of Sequoyah’s syllabary from script to print to digital forms. Breaking with conventional understanding, Ellen Cushman shows that the syllabary was not based on alphabetic writing, but on Cherokee syllables and, more importantly, on Cherokee meanings.

Cushman traces the history of Sequoyah’s invention and the syllabary’s enduring significance, showing how it allowed Cherokees to protect, enact, and codify their knowledge and to weave non-Cherokee concepts into their language and life. The result was their enhanced ability to adapt to social change on and in Cherokee terms.

Profound, like the invention it explores, The Cherokee

Syllabary will reshape the study of Cherokee history and culture.

Ellen Cushman, Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is coeditor of Literacy: A Critical

Sourcebook and author of The Struggle and the Tools: Oral

and Literate Strategies in an Inner City Community.

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patterns of exchangenavajo weavers and traders

by Teresa J. Wilkins

Reveals the complex relationship between Navajo weavers and reservation traders

“By looking at both sides of the relationship, Wilkins presents a perspective that has been missing from other studies.”—Choice

The Navajo rugs and textiles people admire and buy today are the result of many historical influences, particularly the interaction between Navajo weavers and the traders who guided their production and controlled their sale. John Lorenzo Hubbell and other late-nineteenth-century traders were convinced they knew which patterns and colors would appeal to Anglo-American buyers, and so they heavily encouraged those designs. In Patterns of Exchange, Teresa J. Wilkins traces the intricate play of cultural, economic, and personal relationships between artists and traders that guided Navajo weavers to produce textiles that are today emblems of the Native American Southwest.

The Navajos valued their relationships with Hubbell and other trading post operators and did not always see themselves as exploited victims of a capitalist system. Because of Navajo cultural traditions of gift-giving, the artists slowly adapted patterns and colors the traders requested and even came to revere certain designs as “the weaving of the ancestors.”

Teresa J. Wilkins is Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, Gallup. A weaver herself, she is a former student of weaving authority Joe Ben Wheat.

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American Indians in british Art, 1700–1840by stephanie pratt

Explores British representations of American Indians before and after the Revolutionary War

Ask anyone the world over to identify a figure in buckskins with a feather bonnet, and the answer will be “Indian.” Many works of art produced by non-Native artists have reflected such a limited viewpoint. In American Indians in British Art, 1700–1840, Stephanie Pratt explores for the first time an artistic tradition that avoided simplification and that instead portrayed Native peoples in a surprisingly complex light.

During the eighteenth century, the British allied themselves with Indian tribes to counter the American colonial rebellion. In response, British artists produced a large volume of work focusing on American Indians. Although these works depicted their subjects as either noble or ignoble savages, they also represented Indians as active participants in contemporary society.

Pratt places artistic works in historical context and traces a movement away from abstraction, in which Indians were symbols rather than actual people, to representational art, which portrayed Indians as actors on the colonial stage.

American Indians in British Art, 1700–1840, is richly illustrated, with some artworks published here for the first time.

Stephanie Pratt, a tribal member of the Crow Creek Dakota Sioux, is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

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The Northern cheyenne exodus in History and memoryby James N. leiker and

ramon powers

How the Northern Cheyenne exodus has been remembered, told, and retold

“Exceptionally well-written. . . . The authors do not sacrifice the power of the story itself . . . one of the most dramatic, touching, and disturbing of its time.”—Elliott West, author of The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story

The exodus of the Northern Cheyennes in 1878 and 1879, an attempt to flee from Indian Territory to their Montana homeland, is an iconic event in American Indian history. It also looms large in the history of towns like Oberlin, Kansas, where Cheyenne warriors killed more than forty settlers. The story has been told by historians and novelists, and on film.

Now James N. Leiker and Ramon Powers examine the recollections of Indians and settlers and their descendants, considering local history, mass media, and literature to draw thought-provoking conclusions. “The Cheyennes’ flight,” they write, “left white and Indian bones alike scattered along its route from Oklahoma to Montana.” They depict a West whose diverse peoples—Euro-American and Native American—seek to preserve their heritage through memory and history.

James N. Leiker, author of Racial Borders: Black Soldiers

along the Rio Grande, is Associate Professor of History, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas. Ramon Powers, formerly Executive Director of the Kansas State Historical Society, is author of numerous articles on Plains Indians history.

WINNER OF THE GREAT PLAINS DISTINGUISHED BOOK PRIZE,

CENTER FOR GREAT PLAINS STUDIES

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Navajo lifewayscontemporary issues, ancient

knowledge

by maureen Trudelle schwarz

Foreword by louise lamphere

Places contemporary events within ancient Navajo traditions

“I think what is always really amazing to me is that Navajo are never amazed by anything that happens. Because it is like in a lot of our stories they are already there.”—Sunny Dooley, Navajo Storyteller

During the final decade of the twentieth century, Navajo people had to confront a number of challenges, from unexplained illness, the effects of uranium mining, and problem drinking to threats to their land rights and spirituality. Yet no matter how alarming these issues, Navajo people made sense of them by drawing guidance from what they regarded as their charter for life, their origin stories.

Through extensive interviews, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz allows Navajos to speak for themselves on the ways they find to respond to crises and chronic issues. In capturing what Navajos say and think about themselves, Schwarz presents this southwestern people’s perceptions, values, and sense of place in the world.

Maureen Trudelle Schwarz, Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University in New York, is the author of “I Choose

Life”: Contemporary Medical and Religious Practices in the

Navajo World. Louise Lamphere, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, University of New Mexico, is the author of Weaving Women’s Lives: Three Generations in

a Navajo Family.

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The New catalog of maya Hieroglyphsvolume one: the classic

period inscriptions

by martha J. macri and

matthew g. looper

“A major contribution to the field.”—Michael Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code

For hundreds of years, Maya artists and scholars used hieroglyphs to record their history and culture. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, archaeologists, photographers, and artists recorded the Maya carvings, often by transporting box cameras and plaster casts through the jungle on muleback.

The New Catalog is a guide to all known hieroglyphic symbols of Classic Maya script, presenting the findings of the most reliable scholars in Maya epigraphy. An essential resource for students of Maya texts, it is also accessible to nonspecialists with an interest in Mesoamerica.

This volume focuses on texts from the Classic Period (150–900 c.e.) found on carved stone monuments, stucco wall panels, wooden lintels, carved and painted pottery, murals, and small objects of jadeite, shell, bone, and wood.

Martha J. Macri, Rumsey Endowed Chair in California Indian Studies and Director of the Native American Language Center at the University of California, Davis, is coauthor of The New

Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, Volume Two: The Codical

Texts. Matthew G. Looper, Professor of Art and Art History at California State University, Chico, is the author of To Be Like

Gods: Dance in Ancient Maya Civilization.

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buffalo Inc.american indians and economic

development

by sebastian Felix braun

Buffalo as a business on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation

“Explores issues of sustainability, economic development, sovereignty, ecology, health, representation of history, and the intersection of all of these complex concepts: place.” —SciTech Book News

Some American Indian tribes on the Great Plains have turned to bison ranching in recent years as a culturally and ecologically sustainable economic development program. This book focuses on one enterprise on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation to determine whether such projects have fulfilled expectations and how they fit with traditional and contemporary Lakota values.

Sebastian Felix Braun examines the creation of Pte Hca Ka, Inc., and its management styles as they evolved over fifteen years—a compelling picture of cultural change. Braun traces Pte Hca Ka’s origin as a self-sustaining project that sought to combine traditional values with modern technology. Presenting both sides of the argument, he shows how the company tried to operate on cultural and ecological ideals until the tribal government shed its cultural agenda in favor of pure business.

In Buffalo Inc., bison serve as a test case for a broader look at sustainability, economic development, tribal politics, and cultural identity.

Sebastian Felix Braun is Associate Professor in the Department of Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

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robert Newton baskin and the making of modern utahby John gary maxwell

For years Robert Newton Baskin (1837–1918) may have been the most hated man

in Utah. Yet his promotion of federal legislation against polygamy in the late 1800s

and his work to bring the Mormon territory into a republican form of government

were pivotal in Utah’s achievement of statehood. The results of his efforts also

contributed to the acceptance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by

the American public. In this engaging biography—the first full-length analysis of the

man—author John Gary Maxwell presents Baskin as the unsung father of modern

Utah. As Maxwell shows, Baskin’s life was defined by conflict and paradox.

Educated at Harvard Law School, Baskin lived as a member of a minority: a

“gentile” in Mormon Utah. A loner, he was highly respected but not often included

in the camaraderie of contemporary non-Mormon professionals. When it came to

the Saints, Baskin’s role in the legal aftermath of the Mountain Meadows massacre

did not endear him to the Mormon people or their leadership. He was convinced

that Brigham Young made John D. Lee the scapegoat—the planner and perpetrator

of the massacre—to obscure complicity of the LDS church.

Baskin was successful in Utah politics despite using polygamy as a sledgehammer

against Utah’s theocratic government and despite his role as a federal prosecutor.

He was twice elected mayor of Salt Lake City, served in the Utah legislature, and

became chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court. He was also a visionary city

planner—the force behind the construction of the Salt Lake City and County

Building, which remains the architectural rival of the city’s Mormon temple.

For more than a century historians have maligned Baskin or ignored him. Maxwell

brings the man to life in this long-overdue exploration of a central figure in the

history of Utah and of the LDS church.

John Gary Maxwell is the author of Gettysburg to Great Salt Lake: George R.

Maxwell, Civil War Hero and Federal Marshal among the Mormons.

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gettysburg to great salt lakegeorge r. maxwell, civil War Hero and Federal marshal among the mormonsby John gary maxwell$39.95s cloth 978-0-87062-388-2

mormon convert, mormon defectorA scottish Immigrant in the American West, 1848–1861by polly Aird$39.95s cloth 978-0-87062-369-1

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This Far-off Wild landthe upper missouri letters of andrew dawson

by lesley Wischmann and Andrew erskine Dawson

In the mid-1800s, Andrew Dawson, self-exiled from his home in Scotland, joined

the upper Missouri River fur trade and rose through the ranks of the American Fur

Company. A headstrong young man, he had come to America at the age of twenty-

four after being dismissed from his second job in two years. His poignant sense of

isolation is evident throughout his letters home between 1844 and 1861. In This

Far-Off Wild Land, Lesley Wischmann and Andrew Erskine Dawson—a relative of

this colorful figure—couple an engaging biography of Dawson with thirty-seven of

his previously unpublished letters from the American frontier.

Three years after he landed in St. Louis, Dawson went up the Missouri in 1847

to what is now North Dakota and Montana, taking command of Fort Berthold,

Fort Clark, and eventually Fort Benton, the premier fur trade post of the day. Fort

Berthold and Fort Clark, where Dawson worked until 1854, remain two of the least

documented American Fur Company posts. His letters infuse life, and occasional

high drama, to the stories of these forgotten outposts. At Fort Benton, his insight

in establishing commercial warehouses helped the company keep pace with the

changing frontier. By the time Dawson returned to Scotland—after twenty years in

what he labeled a far-off, wild land—he had risen to become the last “King of the

Upper Missouri.”

Thoughtfully annotated, Dawson’s letters, discovered only recently by his relatives,

provide a rare glimpse into the lonely life of a fur trader in the 1840s and 1850s.

Unlike the impersonal business correspondence that makes up most fur trade

writings, Dawson’s letters are wonderfully human, suffused with raw emotion.

Combining careful research with a compelling story, the authors flesh out the forces

that shaped Dawson’s personality and the historical events he recorded.

Lesley Wischmann is the author of Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and

Natoyist-Siksina’ among the Blackfeet. Andrew Erskine Dawson, a resident of

England and retired public servant, is great-grand-nephew of Andrew Dawson.

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AAmerican Indians in British Art,

1700–1840, pratt, 35Anaya, The Old Man’s Love

Story, 3Anderson, Arapaho Women’s

Quillwork, 8Arapaho Women’s Quillwork,

Anderson, 8Aristocracy of Color, An, bottoms, 17

Bbamford, Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword, 26beck, Columns of Vengeance, 20blackman, Oklahoma’s Indian

New Deal, 32bottoms, An Aristocracy of

Color, 17 braun, Buffalo Inc., 37bright, Native American

Placenames of the Southwest, 5Buffalo Inc., braun, 37By All Accounts, english, 14

CCherokee Syllabary, The, cushman, 34clark, Indian Tribes of Oklahoma, 6 Columns of Vengeance, beck, 20Cotton and Conquest, Kennedy, 15Crisis of Governance in Maya

Guatemala, Hawkins/mcDonald/Adams, 30

cushman, The Cherokee Syllabary, 34

Custer, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis, scott/bleed/Damm, 22

DDeArment, Gunfighter in Gotham,

2Devil’s Gate, rea, 6Dragoons in Apacheland, Kiser, 21Deuss, Shamans, Witches, and

Maya Priests, 40

EEmpire on Display, moore, 12english, By All Accounts, 14Ernest L. Blumenschein, larson/

larson, 13

FFox, Quilts, 7

GGathering of Statesmen, A,

pitchlynn/Haag/Willis, 19Generous and Merciful Enemy, A,

Krebs, 27Going for Broke, mccaffrey, 25goodyear, A President in

Yellowstone, 11grumet, Manhattan to Minisink,

18Gunfighter in Gotham, DeArment,

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HHawkins/mcDonald/Adams,

Crisis of Governance in Maya Guatemala, 30

IIndian Tribes of Oklahoma,

clark, 6

JJackson, Politics of the Maya

Court, 28Johnson, Translating Maya

Hieroglyphs, 29

KKan, A Russian American

Photographer in Tlingit Country, 10

Karl Bodmer’s America Revisited, lindholm/Wood, 9

Kennedy, Cotton and Conquest, 15

Kiser, Dragoons in Apacheland, 21Krebs, A Generous and Merciful

Enemy, 27

Llarson/larson, Ernest L.

Blumenschein, 13leiker/powers, The Northern

Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory, 36

lindholm/Wood, Karl Bodmer’s America Revisited, 9

Los Angeles in Civil War Days, 1860–1865, robinson, 24

loughry/mcDonough, The Nine-Banded Armadillo, 31

mmacri/looper, The New Catalog

of Maya Hieroglyphs, 37Manhattan to Minisink, grumet,

18maxwell, Robert Newton Baskin

and the Making of Modern Utah, 38

mccaffrey, Going for Broke, 25messitte/grillot, Understanding

the Global Community, 33moore, Empire on Display, 12mo Yan, Sandlewood Death, 1

NNative American Placenames of the

Southwest, bright, 5Navajo Lifeways, schwarz, 36New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs,

The, macri/looper, 37Newell/mason, New Perspectives

in Mormon Studies, 33New Perspectives in Mormon

Studies, Newell/mason, 33Nine-Banded Armadillo, The,

loughry/mcDonough, 31Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory, The, leiker/powers, 36 Not All Heroes, skogen, 4

OOklahoma’s Indian New Deal,

blackman, 32Old Man’s Love Story, The,

Anaya, 3

pPatterns of Exchange, Wilkins, 35pitchlynn/Haag/Willis, A

Gathering of Statesmen, 19Politics of the Maya Court,

Jackson, 28pratt, American Indians in British

Art, 1700–1840, 35Pre-Columbian Art & Archaeology,

Young-sánchez, 41President in Yellowstone, A,

goodyear, 11

qQuilts, Fox, 7

Rraugh, Wavell in the Middle East,

1939–1941, 34rea, Devil’s Gate, 6Regionalists on the Left, steiner,

16Robert Newton Baskin and

the Making of Modern Utah, maxwell, 38

robinson, Los Angeles in Civil War Days, 1860–1865, 24

Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country, A, Kan, 10

SSandlewood Death, mo Yan, 1schwarz, Navajo Lifeways, 36scott, Uncovering History, 23scott/bleed/Damm, Custer,

Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis, 22Shamans, Witches, and Maya

Priests, Deuss, 40Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword,

bamford, 26skogen, Not All Heroes, 4steiner, Regionalists on the Left, 16

TThis Far-Off Wild Land,

Wischmann/Dawson, 39Translating Maya Hieroglyphs,

Johnson, 29

UUncovering History, scott, 23Understanding the Global

Community, messitte/grillot, 33

WWavell in the Middle East,

1939–1941, raugh, 34Wilkins, Patterns of Exchange, 35Wischmann/Dawson, This Far-

Off Wild Land, 39

YYoung-sánchez, Pre-Columbian

Art & Archaeology, 41

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The university of oklahoma press will publish an english-

language edition of mo Yan’s 2004 novel Tanxiangxing

(Sandalwood Death), translated by Howard goldblatt,

in January 2013 as part of its chinese literature Today

book series. This powerful novel by mo Yan—one of

contemporary china’s most famous and prolific writers—

is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of

political corruption during the final years of the Qing

Dynasty, china’s last imperial epoch.

s a n d a l w o o d d e a t hA Novel

Mo YanWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Translated by Howard Goldblatt

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