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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809195503321

Autore

Cipolla Craig N. <1978->

Titolo

Becoming Brothertown : native American ethnogenesis and endurance in the modern world / / Craig N. Cipolla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8165-9962-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 217 p. : ill

Collana

The archaeology of colonialism in native North America

Disciplina

973.04/97344

Soggetti

Brotherton Indians - History

Brotherton Indians - Migrations

Brotherton Indians - Ethnic identity

Indians of North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Occom's Doubts -- 2. Pragmatism and the Archaeology of Colonial Ethnogenesis -- 3. Brothertown Histories -- 4. Brothertown Writing: Peopling the Place, Placing the People -- 5. Commemoration in the Northeast -- 6. Commemoration in Wisconsin -- 7. Spatial Practices at Brothertown -- 8. Ethnogenesis and Endurance in the Modern World: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Colonial Culture and Native American Identity Politics -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this book, Craig Cipolla follows the Brothertown Indians and their predecessors across New England, New York, and Wisconsin, disregarding the rigid cultural essences often associated with colonial histories in search of a deeper understanding of colonial culture and Native American identity politics from the eighteenth century to the present"--Provided by publisher.