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God's red son : the Ghost Dance religion and the making of modern America Cover Image Book

God's red son : the Ghost Dance religion and the making of modern America / Louis S. Warren.

Ghost Dance religion and the making of modern America. (portion title)
Warren, Louis S., (author.).

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  • ISBN: 0465015026
  • ISBN: 9780465015023
  • Physical Description: xiii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-463) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: a hole in the dream -- Genesis -- 1890: the messiah and the machine, -- Great Basin apocalypse -- The birth of the prophet -- The Ghost Dance arrives -- Indian prophecy, American magic -- Dispersion -- Seekers from a shattered land -- Plains passage -- Lakota ordeal -- Tin stars and holy power -- Spirit of the Ghost Dance -- Invasion and atrocity -- Persistence and renewal -- The road from Wounded Knee -- Writing the Ghost Dance religion -- Conclusions: the Ghost Dance as modern religion.

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