Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Indians, Missionaries, And Merchants: The Legacy Of Colonial Encounters On The California FrontiersISBN13:9780520249981ISBN10:0520249984Author:Lightfoot, Kent (Author)Description:California's Earliest European Colonists--Russian Merchants And Spanish Missionaries--Depended Heavily On Native Americans For Labor To Build And Maintain Their Colonies, But They Did So In Very Different Ways This Richly Detailed Book Brings Together Disparate Skeins Of The Past--Including Little-Known Oral Histories, Native Texts, Ethnohistory, And Archaeological Excavations--To Present A Vivid New View Of How Native Cultures Fared Under These Two Colonial Systems Kent Lightfoot's Innovative Work, Which Incorporates The Holistic Methods Of Historical Anthropology, Explores The Surprising Ramifications Of These Long-Ago Encounters For The Present-Day Political Status Of Native People In California Lightfoot Weaves The Results Of His Own Significant Archaeological Research At Fort Ross, A Major Russian Mercantile Colony, Into A Cross-Cultural Comparison, Showing How These Two Colonial Ventures--One Primarily Mercantile And One Primarily Religious--Contributed To The Development Of New Kinds Of Native Identities, Social Forms, And Tribal Relationships His Lively Account Includes Personal Anecdotes From The Field And A Provocative Discussion Of The Role Played By Early Ethnographers, Such As Alfred Kroeber, In Influencing Which Tribes Would Eventually Receive Federal Recognition Indians, Missionaries, And Merchants Takes A Fascinating, Yet Troubling, Look At California's Past And Its Role In Shaping The State Today Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of California PressPublication Date:2006-11-20Weight:1.07 lbsDimensions:0.84'' H x 9.02'' L x 6.3'' WNumber of Pages:355Language:English
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Author: Lightfoot, Kent (Author)
Book Title: Indians, Missionaries, And Merchants: The Legacy Of Colonial...
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2006
Item Weight: 1.07 lbs
