Working on the Railroad, Walking in Beauty : Navajos, Hózhó, and Track Work /: Navajos, Hózhó, and Track Work. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jay Youngdahl.
• Authors: Youngdahl, Jay
• Other Names: Project Muse.
• Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- One: Life on the Tracks -- Two: Religion on the Rez -- Three: A Visit with a Medicine Man -- Four: Adversaries and Advocates -- Five: How Did Navajo Men Come to Work for the Railroads? -- Six: Railroads, Trading Posts, and a Fatal Challenge to the RRB's System -- Seven: In the Workers' Words -- Eight: Anchoring and Adaptability, Fixed yet Fluid -- Afterword -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Logan, UT : Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 979.1004/9726; Navajo Indians -- Employment; Navajo Indians -- Social conditions; Navajo Indians -- Religion; Railroad construction workers -- Southwest, New -- History; Railroads -- Southwest, New -- Employees -- History; Navajo Indians -- Employment; Navajo Indians -- Religion; Navajo Indians -- Social conditions; Politics and government; Race relations; Railroad construction workers; Railroads -- Employees; Southwest, New -- Race relations; Southwest, New -- Politics and government; New Southwest; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780874218589; 0874218586; 9780874218534; 0874218535; 9780874218541; 0874218543
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.