03103nam 2200697 a 450 991081087190332120230207213735.00-674-05474-110.4159/9780674054745(CKB)2670000000040454(OCoLC)648759725(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402524(SSID)ssj0000420467(PQKBManifestationID)11929594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420467(PQKBWorkID)10392249(PQKB)11392484(MiAaPQ)EBC3300860(DE-B1597)457788(OCoLC)979746506(OCoLC)984676625(DE-B1597)9780674054745(Au-PeEL)EBL3300860(CaPaEBR)ebr10402524(EXLCZ)99267000000004045420081003d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIndian work[electronic resource] language and livelihood in Native American history /Daniel H. Usner, JrCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (215 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03349-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-187) and index.Introduction: The pursuit of livelihood and the production of language -- Inventing the hunter state : Iroquois livelihood in Jeffersonian America -- Narratives of decline and disappearance : the changing presence of American Indians in early Natchez -- The discourse over poverty : Indian treaty rights and welfare policy -- Perceptions of authenticity and passivity : Indian basket making in post-Civil War Louisiana -- Primitivism and tourism : Indian livelihood in D.H. Lawrence's New Mexico.Representations of Indian economic life have played an integral role in discourses about poverty, social policy, and cultural difference but have received surprisingly little attention. Daniel Usner dismantles ideological characterizations of Indian livelihood to reveal the intricacy of economic adaptations in American Indian history.Indians of North AmericaEconomic conditionsIndians of North AmericaEmploymentIndians of North AmericaPublic opinionWhite peopleRelations with IndiansPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsUnited StatesSocial policyUnited StatesEconomic policyIndians of North AmericaEconomic conditions.Indians of North AmericaEmployment.Indians of North AmericaPublic opinion.White peopleRelations with Indians.Public opinion330.9730089/97Usner Daniel H901709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810871903321Indian work4055836UNINA