And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:32:37 -0700 (MST) >From: joseph c winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: new book on Native American tobacco use > >Please do not consider this as spam or an attempt to sell a book. Rather, >we are trying to find out how many people and groups might be interested >in a particular book, so that an appropriate number of copies can be >printed. >The book is titled "Tobacco Use By Native North Americans: Sacred Smoke >and Silent Killer," and it will be published late in 1999, by the >University of Oklahoma Press, in its Civilization of the American Indian >Series. The book will cover all aspects of Native American tobacco use, >including the positive religious values associated with the appropriate >use of small amounts of traditional tobacco; the traditional ways that >Native Americans use tobacco; the negative health effects >of tobacco misuse; the skyrocketing increase in the rates of commercial >tobacco use >by Native American youth; the botanical description of the 10 species of >Nicotiana used by Native North Americans; the prehistoric >origins of tobacco use, the >archeological/palynological/archeobotanical/botanical identification of >tobacco, the range of uses by Native Americans, the adverse >health effects associated with tobacco harvesting by native migrant >workers, the use of tobacco in the Native American religious rights prison >movement, and >many other topics that relate to a variety of disciplines and >interests. There are 19 authors, both native and non-native, mainly from >the U.S. but also from Mexico and Canada. The authors' fields of >specialization include medicine, medical research, anthropology, Native >American Studies, archeology, ethnobotany, archeobotany, and a number of >other fields. In short, the book should be interest to a wide range of >readers, from many backgrounds and disciplines. > >In order to estimate the number of needed copies and to plan for >publicizing, we need to know how many people might be interested in it, >the disciplines they represent, classes that might use it, and related >matters. We are especially interested in the following information, and >hopefully some of you might be able to supply some of it: >--special groups to circulize - Native American groups, professional >societies and other organizations >--courses for which the book might be used as a text or collateral reading > -- including professors and institutions >-- individuals and groups who might want to review advance copies >-- conventions and professional society meetings where the book could be >exhibited >--suggested advertising media - scholarly and general publications that >might want to review the book >-- newspapers, editors, columnists that might be interested >-- book clubs, book reviewers that might be interested >-- bookstores, radio/tv commentators, others who might be interested > >I appreciate very much any information that you might be able to provide. >We feel that the book should be of great interest to a large number of >readers, and we can use any and all marketing suggestions. Thank you very >much. Joe Winter > >************************************************************************ > >Joseph C. Winter Phone: 505-277-5853 >Director, Traditional Native American Tobacco FAX: 505-277-6726 > Seed Bank and Education Program email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >University of New Mexico >1717 Lomas Blvd NE >Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA > http://www.unm.edu/~jwinter/tnat.htm > >************************************************************************ > > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
