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The way of the earth : Native America and the environment / John Bierhorst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bierhorst, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indian philosophy.
- Human ecology--America.
- Human ecology.
- Indigenous peoples--Religion.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indians--Religion.
- Indian mythology.
- Indigenous peoples--Folklore.
- Indians--Folklore.
- America.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xvi pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 329 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1994]
- Summary:
- In this important book, the author uses native testimony and native texts to show how 'animal masters' and natural gardening protect the land from overuse, how living space is patterned, how human reproduction is controlled, and how the sun is viewed as the overlord of a closed energy system from which nothing may be removed without 'payment.'
- Contents:
- Part One: Personality
- Part Two: Kinship
- Part Three: Restraint
- Part Four: Death
- Part Five: Renewal.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Jane Byers Bierhorst"--t.p. verso.
- "Jacket illustration by Carl Ray ..."--Dust jacket.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-318) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0688115608 :
- OCLC:
- 28547227
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