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The Southwest in the American Imagination The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881-1889

Paperback • 1996 • English • 1. edition

The Southwest in the American Imagination The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881-1889

By Sylvester Baxter

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In the fall of 1886, Boston philanthropist Mary Tileston Hemenway sponsored an archaeological expedition to the American Southwest. Directed by anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing, the Hemenway Expedition sought to trace the ancestors of the Zu–is with an eye toward establishing a museum for the study of American Indians. In the third year of fieldwork, Hemenway's overseeing board fired Cushing based on doubts concerning his physical health and mental stability, and much of the expedition's wo...Show more

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9780816516186

Publisher

University of Arizona Press

Published year

1996

Language

English

Edition

1

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The Southwest in the American Imagination The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881-1889

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Paperback

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