Working on the Railroad, Walking in Beauty Navajos, Hózhó, and Track Work
For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives.Jay Youngdahl, an attorney who has represented Navajo workers in clai...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, UT :
Utah State University Press
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432633206719 |
| Sumario: | For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives.Jay Youngdahl, an attorney who has represented Navajo workers in claims with their railroad employers since 1992 and who more recently earned a master's in divinity from Harvard, has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of ha |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781607327172 9781283341486 9786613341488 9780874218541 |
