Weaving Alliances with Other Women: Chitimacha Indian Work in the New South

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Book Title: Weaving Alliances With Other Women: Chitimacha Indian Work I...

Number of Pages: 136 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Weaving Alliances with Other Women : Chitimacha Indian Work in the New South

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Publication Year: 2015

Subject: Women, Friendship, General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Native American

Item Height: 0.6 in

Item Weight: 23.5 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9 in

Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Art, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Author: Daniel H. Usner

Item Width: 6 in

Series: Mercer University LaMar Memorial Lectures Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback