If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin. represented as calling
themselves subjects , although the very word would have startled them , had it
been ever pronounced by any interpreter . They desire to be considered as Allies
and ...
Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin. represented as calling
themselves subjects , although the very word would have startled them , had it
been ever pronounced by any interpreter . They desire to be considered as Allies
and ...
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For thousands of years, horses have represented the extravagance of the
imagination pushing back against the ... These are horses that win battles and
horses that represent wealth and power, horses that exemplify traditions of skill
and ...
For thousands of years, horses have represented the extravagance of the
imagination pushing back against the ... These are horses that win battles and
horses that represent wealth and power, horses that exemplify traditions of skill
and ...
Page 178
Along with a gun and a pipe , there were two men represented on the quirt — one
probably the owner ( carved and coloured in traditional Blackfoot style ) and the
other representing either all those he had killed in battle or from whom he had ...
Along with a gun and a pipe , there were two men represented on the quirt — one
probably the owner ( carved and coloured in traditional Blackfoot style ) and the
other representing either all those he had killed in battle or from whom he had ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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