The Ghost Dance Movements of 1868-1872 and 1888-1891 have fascinated historians, sociologists, and anthropologists since the time they first occurred. Osterrich has collected and annotated a comprehensive and wide ranging selection of materials on the Ghost Dance.
Introduction Ghost Dance Histories and Observations Tribal Histories Religion and the Ghost Dance Personal Narratives and Biographies Anthropological Theory Ghost Dance Music and Photographs Government and Military Histories Author Index Journal Index Subject Index
SHELLEY ANNE OSTERREICH is Assistant Librarian at Central Connecticut State University.
?Osterreich has compiled a short, selective bibliography of
considerable merit on a phenomenon of great importance in Native
American history, American religious history, and anthropology.
Consisting of 110 entries, each extensively annotated, the work
provides a useful overview of the two Ghost Dance movements, as
well as events before and after, and points to the various
directions research has followed. Items included are from as early
as 1890 and are as current as the late 1980s. Materials are grouped
into seven subject areas, with headings such as "Personal
Narratives and Biographies," and "Tribal Histories"; by far the
longest section is "Anthropological Theory." An introduction and
subject and author indexes complete the volume. There are several
shortcomings, first and foremost brevity. Considering the much
larger literature from which the compiler drew, a larger
bibliography is in order to help the researcher and the student.
There are also a number of typos, including at least one that
results in a citation error. Finally, this reviewer is mystified as
to why the entries are numbered, but the indexes refer to page
numbers. In all, this is a good bibliography that could have been
better; it is far too expensive for its size. Both college and
university libraries.?-Choice
"Osterreich has compiled a short, selective bibliography of
considerable merit on a phenomenon of great importance in Native
American history, American religious history, and anthropology.
Consisting of 110 entries, each extensively annotated, the work
provides a useful overview of the two Ghost Dance movements, as
well as events before and after, and points to the various
directions research has followed. Items included are from as early
as 1890 and are as current as the late 1980s. Materials are grouped
into seven subject areas, with headings such as "Personal
Narratives and Biographies," and "Tribal Histories"; by far the
longest section is "Anthropological Theory." An introduction and
subject and author indexes complete the volume. There are several
shortcomings, first and foremost brevity. Considering the much
larger literature from which the compiler drew, a larger
bibliography is in order to help the researcher and the student.
There are also a number of typos, including at least one that
results in a citation error. Finally, this reviewer is mystified as
to why the entries are numbered, but the indexes refer to page
numbers. In all, this is a good bibliography that could have been
better; it is far too expensive for its size. Both college and
university libraries."-Choice
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