{"product_id":"we-shall-live-again-the-1870-and-1890-ghost-dance-movements-as-demographic-revitalization-paperback-9780521034524","title":"We Shall Live Again; The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521034524","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWe Shall Live Again\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements among North American Indians.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRussell Thornton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521034524, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e112 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.1 x 0.6 cm, 0.178 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...a careful, readable analysis of the demographic revitalization rationale for the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements; it makes a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary study of demographic change.\"   Journal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis study of the 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements among North American Indians offers an innovative theory about why these movements arose when they did. Emphasizing the demographic situation of American Indians prior to the movements, Professor Thornton argues that the Ghost Dances were deliberate efforts to accomplish a demographic revitalization of American Indians following their virtual collapse. By joining the movements, he contends, tribes sought to assure survival by increasing their numbers through returning the dead to life. Thornton supports this thesis empirically by closely examining the historical context of the two movements and by assessing tribal participation in them, revealing particularly how population size and decline influenced participation among and within American Indian tribes. He also considers American Indian population change after the Ghost Dance periods and shows that participation in the movements actually did lead the way to a demographic recovery for certain tribes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance movements\u003cbr\u003e 2. Prior scholarship on the Ghost Dance movements\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hypothesis of demographic revitalization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Depopulation and the Ghost Dance movements\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ghost Dance participation and depopulation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Participation and population recovery\u003cbr\u003e 7. A summary, a conclusion, some implications\u003cbr\u003e Technical appendixes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religious groups: social \u0026amp; cultural aspects [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religious groups: social \u0026amp; cultural aspects\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religious%20groups:%20social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20aspects%20%5BJFSR%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006230384920,"sku":"9780521034524","price":25.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521034524i_3b4e9d4f-f432-4875-bb49-86270a2e74bb.jpg?v=1694968254","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/we-shall-live-again-the-1870-and-1890-ghost-dance-movements-as-demographic-revitalization-paperback-9780521034524","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}