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The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy
by Fenton, William N
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0806130032
- ISBN 13
- 9780806130033
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. Scholarly monograph on the continuity of Iroquois political traditions from the mid-sixteenth century to 1794, particularly the Great Law and ceremonies involved in the passing of leadership after the death of a chief. Fenton began working with the Seneca as an anthropologist in the 1930s and had a long and distinguished career with the Smithsonian, State Museum of New York, and SUNY at Albany. Stout hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first printing with full number string. Light wear to book, base of spine bumped; jacket shows minor edgewear; minor smudges to page edges. Text clean, no names or marks; xxii, 786 pages; appendixes, bibliography, index, maps, figures, tables. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
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- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- x1038
- Title
- The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy
- Author
- Fenton, William N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0806130032
- ISBN 13
- 9780806130033
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Native Americans, American Indians, Six Nations, Sociology, Ethnology, Great Law, Condolence Ceremony, Government
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