THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS : A Source Book (2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition)

R.F. Heizer; Whipple, M.A. Whipple (Compilers & Editors)

ISBN 10: 0520020316 / ISBN 13: 9780520020313

Published by Univ of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1971

About this Item

Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; strong w/spine creasing causing mis-aligning of some 3 pages. Fold-out Map (also NEW) precedes text. Written in 1923, first published 1925; this is the Revised, Enlarged 2nd Edition of 1971. Reference, resource. Survey of California's Native-American cultures --- their origins, traditions, beliefs & daily life. 619 pgs, w/illustrations, essays presented in 5 parts: I, General Surveys; II, Archaeology; III, Historical Accounts of Native Californians; IV, Ethnology: Material Culture & Economy; and, V, Ethnology: Social Culture.

Seller Inventory # 020606

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS : A Source Book (2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition)
• Publisher: Univ of California Press, Berkeley, CA
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520020316
• ISBN 13: 9780520020313
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Maps, Illustrations & Archival Photos
• Edition: 2nd Revised Edition, 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthology
  • Reference, Resource
  • Social Sciences, Cultural Studies

About this title

Synopsis

This new, expanded edition of The California Indians is a more comprehensive and thus more useful book than its predecessor, which first appeared in 1951 and was reprinted seven times. The editors have combined the selections, eighteen of which are new, into a general survey of California Indian native cultures. They have avoided highly technical studies because they intend their book for the general reading public rather than for scholars. The editors discuss the present-day Indians of California in a chapter written especially for this volume, and provide a new, extensive classified bibliography listing hundreds of published works arranged by culture areas and subjects. This list of references should prove useful to the nonprofessional who wishes to read further on a particular tribal culture or topic, such as Indian basketry or place-names or prehistoric rock art.

About the Author

Mr. Heizer (1915 - 1979) was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of many books dealing with American Indians. Mrs. Whipple (1893-1979) was a former editor in the same department.