A Companion to American Indian History

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Philip J. Deloria, Neal Salisbury
John Wiley & Sons, 12 de març 2004 - 528 pàgines

A Companion to American Indian History captures the thematic breadth of Native American history over the last forty years. Twenty-five original essays by leading scholars in the field, both American Indian and non-American Indian, bring an exciting modern perspective to Native American histories that were at one time related exclusively by Euro-American settlers.

  • Contains 25 original essays by leading experts in Native American history.
  • Covers the breadth of American Indian history, including contacts with settlers, religion, family, economy, law, education, gender issues, and culture.
  • Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic.
  • Summarizes current debates and anticipates future concerns.
 

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List of Contributors
1
First Contacts
27
Indians and Overseas Empires in
46
Health Disease and Demography
68
Native American Systems of Knowledge
87
History Theory and Reformulation
103
Indians and Christianity
121
Kinship Family Kindreds and Community
139
Labor and Exchange in American Indian History
269
Indians Americans and
287
Gender in Native America
307
Métis Mestizo and MixedBlood
321
Captivity Adoption and
339
Translation and Cultural Brokerage
357
Federal and State Policies and American Indians
379
Native Americans and the United States Canada and Mexico
397

The Cycles of Conflict and the
154
Linguistic Change and the Study of Indian Languages
175
Performative Traditions in American Indian History
193
Creating Value and Sharing Beauty
209
Native American Literatures
234
More Histories of Indian Identity
248
by Indians versus for Indians
422
Native People and the Law
441
Sovereignty
460
Bibliography
475
Index
495

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Sobre l'autor (2004)

Philip J. Deloria is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Program in American Culture at the University of Michigan. A member of a prominent Dakota family, he received his PhD from Yale University in 1994. In addition to numerous articles and essays, he is the author of Playing Indian (1998).

Neal Salisbury is Professor of History at Smith College. He is the author of Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England (1982), and co-author of The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (fourth edition, 2000).

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