Record Nr.

UNINA9910460698103321

Autore

Bailey Alfred Goldsworthy

Titolo

The conflict of European and Eastern Algonkian cultures 1504-1700 : a study in Canadian civilization / / Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1969
©1969

ISBN

1-4426-5647-6

1-4426-3316-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

917.1/03/1

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Canada

Algonquian Indians

French-Canadians

Electronic books.

Canada Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First edition Saint John, N.B., New Brunswick Museum, 1937, issued as its Monograph series, no. 2.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the First Edition -- Reappraisals -- 1. The Aboriginal Population -- 2. Occasional Contact on the Gulf Coast -- 3. Acadia at the Turn of the Century -- 4. The Eastern Algonkians and the Balance of Power -- 5. The Displacement of Materials -- 6. Drunkenness and Regulation -- 7. Disease and Treatment -- 8. Political Modification -- 9. Social Disintegration -- 10. The Effect of Contact on the French -- 11. Religion -- 12. Art, Pictography, and Music -- 13. Mythology -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The movement of one cultural group into the territory of another has always produced conflict: a conflict which is resolved at times by the obliteration of one group, but more often by a gradual fusion of elements drawn from both. This study examines the conflict between the Europeans and the Indians precipitated by the arrival of the French in the New World. The Indians were necessarily affected by the fur trade

and the religious and social development of New France, and the meeting of contrary cultures resulted in most cases in the obliteration of that of the Indian. However, a fusion of Indian and European elements sometimes occurred, resulting in the birth of a ‘Canadian’ culture. The process has been repeated with the immigration of every new cultural group to Canada. This study analyses the conflict and traces the fusion of Canadian culture in its initial stage. First published in 1937, the book has proved an importance contribution to an area of early Canadian history which has been receiving renewed attention. This edition contains the original text with the addition of an index and a new chapter appraising some of the leading developments of the past few years.