Indians in the Making : Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound Paperback / softback
by Alexandra Harmon
Part of the American Crossroads series
Paperback / softback
Description
In the Puget Sound region of Washington state, indigenous people and their descendants have a long history of interaction with settlers and their descendants. "Indians in the Making" offers the first comprehensive account of these interactions, from contact with traders of the 1820s to the Indian fishing rights activism of the 1970s.
In this thoroughly researched history, Alexandra Harmon also provides a theoretically sophisticated analysis that charts shifting notions of Indian identity, both in native and in nonnative communities.
During the period under consideration, each major shift in demographic, economic, and political conditions precipitated new deliberations about how to distinguish Indians from non-Indians and from each other.
By chronicling such dialogues over 150 years, this groundbreaking study reveals that Indian identity has a complex history.
Examining relations in various spheres of life - labor, public ceremony, marriage and kinship, politics and law - Harmon shows how Indians have continually redefined themselves. Her focus on the negotiations that have given rise to modern Indian identity makes a significant contribution to the discourse of contemporary multiculturalism and ethnic studies.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:405 pages, 24 black-and-white photos and 4 maps.
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2000
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- ISBN:9780520226852
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:405 pages, 24 black-and-white photos and 4 maps.
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520226852
