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Book Title: Education At The Edge Of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity...
Number of Pages: 260 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Education at the Edge of Empire : Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, History, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: John R. Gram
Subject Area: Social Science, Education, History
Series: Indigenous Confluences Ser.
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
