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Book Title: Going Native : Indians in the American Cultural Imagination
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Shari M. Huhndorf
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Sociology / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, Native American
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Literary Criticism, History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
