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The University of Arizona Press is the premier publisher of academic, regional, and literary works in the state of Arizona. They disseminate ideas and knowledge of lasting value that enrich understanding, inspire curiosity, and enlighten readers. They advance the University of Arizona’s mission by connecting scholarship and creative expression to readers worldwide.

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The Question of the Commons

The Culture and Ecology of Communal Resources

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A Legacy of Change

Historic Human Impact on Vegetation in the Arizona Borderlands

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Archaeomagnetic Dating

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The View from Officers' Row

Army Perceptions of Western Indians

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Musui's Story

The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai

By Katsu Kokichi; Translated by Teruko Craig
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Navajo Trader

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Kachina Dolls

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Much has been written about the popular kachina dolls carved by the Hopi Indians of northern Arizona, but little has been revealed about the artistry behind them. Now Helga Teiwes describes the development of this art form from early traditional styles to the action-style kachina dolls made popular in galleries throughout the world, and on to the kachina sculptures that have evolved in the last half of the 1980s.

Teiwes explains the role of the Katsina spirit in Hopi religion and that of the kachina doll—the carved representation of a Katsina—in the ritual and economic life of the Hopis. In tracing the history of the kachina doll in Hopi culture, she shows how these wooden figures have changed since carvers came to be influenced by their marketability among Anglos and how their carving has been characterized by increasingly refined techniques.

Unique to this book are Teiwes's description of the most recent trends in kachina doll carving and her profiles of twenty-seven modern carvers, including such nationally known artists as Alvin James Makya and Cecil Calnimptewa. Enhancing the text are more than one hundred photographs, including twenty-five breathtaking color plates that bring to life the latest examples of this popular art form.

  • Copyright year: 1991
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Doing What the Day Brought

An Oral History of Arizona Women

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Regreening the National Parks

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The Sun in Time

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No Short Journeys

The Interplay of Cultures in the History and Literature of the Borderlands

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Canyon

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Los Tucsonenses

The Mexican Community in Tucson, 1854–1941

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Mud Woman

Poems from the Clay

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Renewing the World

Plains Indian Religion and Morality

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Going Back to Bisbee

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The Portable Radio in American Life

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As an artifact of culture, the portable radio is an unusual but perfect subject for investigation by archaeologist Schiffer. Seeing the history of everyday objects as the history of the life of a people, he shows how the portable radio has reflected changes in American society as surely as clay pots have for ancient cultures.

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