American Indians in the early West / / Sandra K. Mathews

• Autore: Mathews Sandra K. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2008; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxx, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 978.004/97
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - West (U.S.) - History
• Note generali: Images, diagrams, drawings, and photographs illustrate and photographs show the diversity of regional and cultural attributes of numerous American Indian tribes and their homelands.; Includes coverage of major American Indian tribes of the early West as well as some that are less well known.; Provides the general reader and scholar with a guide to the precontact period of the American West in one concise volume, complete with images and primary evidence to illuminate varied experiences.; Regional maps illuminate the diversity of topography of the Southwest, Plains, Plateau, Northwest, and Alaskan regions.; Sidebars provide short detailed analyses of major events in the development of American Indian history.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Introduction; Preface; Maps; 1 Origins and Migrations; 2 The Rio Grande Valley and Beyond; 3 From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico; 4 From the Saint Lawrence and Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains; 5 From the Aleutian Chain to Northern California; 6 Historiography and Major Issues in the Study of American Indian History; Chronology; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: American Indians in the Early West offers a concise guide to the development of American Indian communities, from the first migrations through the arrival of the Spanish, French, and Russians, to the appearance of Anglo-American traders in the easternmost portions of the West around 1800. With coverage divided into periods and regions, American Indians in the Early West looks at how Indian communities evolved from hunter-gatherers to culturally recognized tribes, and examines the critical encounters of those tribes with non-Natives over the next two-and-a-half centuries. Readers will see that the issues at stake in those encounters--political control, preserving traditions, land and water rights, resistance to economic and military pressures--are very relevant to the Native American experience today.
• Titolo autorizzato: American Indians in the early West
• ISBN: 979-84-00-61111-7; 1-281-37647-7; 9786611376475; 1-85109-824-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813978903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultures in the American West series.