Alvin M. Josephy (1915–2005)
Auteur de 500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
A propos de l'auteur
Alvin Josephy, Jr., (b. 1915) is best known for his many books on Native Americans and the American West
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Œuvres de Alvin M. Josephy
The Patriot Chiefs: A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance; Revised Edition (1961) 239 exemplaires
America in 1492: The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus (1992) 154 exemplaires
The Long and the Short and the Tall: Marines in Combat on Guam and Iwo Jima (Classics of War) (1979) 26 exemplaires
American Heritage Magazine Vol 28 No 3 1977 April (1977) — Directeur de publication — 15 exemplaires
Black Hills, White Sky: Photographs from the collection of the Arvada Center Foundation (1978) 7 exemplaires
The American Heritage Book of Indians / The American Heritage History of The Great West (2 volume set). (1961) — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
The Adventure of Man's Flight 3 exemplaires
Indian Water Policy in a Changing Environment: Perspectives on Indian Water Rights (1982) 2 exemplaires
"The Boy Artist of Red River [Peter Rindisbacher]," 2 exemplaires
"The Splendid Indians of Edward S. Curtis," 2 exemplaires
"Cornplanter, Can You Swim?: The new Kinzua Dam floods the Senecas’ ancestral lands —in violation of our oldest… 1 exemplaire
"A Man To Match The Mountains: To David Thompson—who died blind, penniless, and bypassed by history—we owe our… 1 exemplaire
The U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Native Americans: An Illustrated History (1993) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 640 exemplaires
The Pequots in Southern New England: The Fall and Rise of an American Indian Nation (1990) — Contributeur — 65 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- JOSEPHY, Alvin M., Jr.
- Date de naissance
- 1915-05-08
- Date de décès
- 2005-10-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Woodmere, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Joseph, Oregon, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA - Études
- Harvard University
- Professions
- historian
foreign correspondent
magazine editor - Organisations
- Time Magazine (Associate editor)
American Heritage (Editor, 1976-1978) - Prix et distinctions
- Saddleman Award (1966)
Membres
Critiques
500 nations : an illustrated history of North… par Alvin M. Josephy
heartbreaking but informative and filled with the voices of Native Americans
Read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee instead.
Update:
My main issue with the book is when the author in one instance claims white settlers involved in an incident had no intention of disrupting the natives. Really? Come on. That's just bullshit. Maybe the book was progressive for the time it was published but I think you can find this information from better sources.
Update:
My main issue with the book is when the author in one instance claims white settlers involved in an incident had no intention of disrupting the natives. Really? Come on. That's just bullshit. Maybe the book was progressive for the time it was published but I think you can find this information from better sources.
One is struck by the rough and tumble world of the Congress over the years. Though this book only covers the beginning through 1975, one finds an entity that is thought to be, nay, hoped to be, a paragon of decorum which it sometimes was and often was not. Great events have taken place there and others events that we were not so great. Great citizens served there and some who were anything but great. The majority who have served have been ordinary people acting in ordinary ways. Extreme passion might be a good description of those who served. The point is that membership has been a cross-section of our country.… (plus d'informations)
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- Popularité
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- Évaluation
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- ISBN
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