We Shall Live Again - The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements as Demographic Revitalization (Hardcover)

This 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. This occurred, Thornton argues, not, of course, by returning dead American Indians to life, but by creating enhanced tribal solidarity.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	American Sociological Association Rose Monographs
Release date:	September 1986
First published:	1986
Authors:	Russell Thornton
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-32894-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN:	0-521-32894-2
Barcode:	9780521328944

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