LEADER 03103nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910810871903321 005 20230207213735.0 010 $a0-674-05474-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674054745 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040454 035 $a(OCoLC)648759725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402524 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000420467 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929594 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420467 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392249 035 $a(PQKB)11392484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300860 035 $a(DE-B1597)457788 035 $a(OCoLC)979746506 035 $a(OCoLC)984676625 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674054745 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402524 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040454 100 $a20081003d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIndian work$b[electronic resource] $elanguage and livelihood in Native American history /$fDaniel H. Usner, Jr 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-03349-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-187) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aRepresentations 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. 606 $aIndians of North America$xEconomic conditions 606 $aIndians of North America$xEmployment 606 $aIndians of North America$xPublic opinion 606 $aWhite people$xRelations with Indians 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy 615 0$aIndians of North America$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xEmployment. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aWhite people$xRelations with Indians. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a330.9730089/97 700 $aUsner$b Daniel H$0901709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810871903321 996 $aIndian work$94055836 997 $aUNINA