| Working on the Railroad, Walking in Beauty: Navajos, Hozho, and Track Work Contributor(s): Youngdahl, Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874218535 ISBN-13: 9780874218534 Publisher: Utah State University Press OUR PRICE: $35.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Transportation | Railroads - History |
| Dewey: 979.100 |
| LCCN: 2011034427 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.85 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Religious Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 hard labor away from home. |