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Mallios Seth <1971-> |
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The deadly politics of giving [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown / / Seth Mallios |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Algonquian Indians - First contact with Europeans - South Atlantic States |
Indians of North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
Algonquian Indians - Wars - South Atlantic States |
Ceremonial exchange - South Atlantic States |
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Spain Colonies America |
Great Britain Colonies America |
South Atlantic States History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-143) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Gifts and commodities -- Ajacan -- Roanoke -- Jamestown -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A clash of cultures on the North American continent. With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory, this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish Jesuits at Ajacan (1570-72) and English settlers at Roanoke Island (1584-90) and Jamestown Island (1607-12). It is an anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to intercultural strife during the late 1500's and early 1600's, destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and |
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