Hamatsa: The Enigma of Cannibalism on the Pacific NW Coast

by Jim McDowell

Book Overview

For more the 200 years, controversy has simmered over the subject of cannibalism on the Pacific Northwest Coast. So heated has the topic become that many scholars have hesitated to engage in the debate. Now, using an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural approach, historian Jim McDowell offers a comprehensive study of cannibalism on the coast.

Beginning with the many supposed "man-eating" incidents recorded by European and American explorers and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0921870477
• ISBN13: 9780921870470
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"