Indian work [[electronic resource] ] : language and livelihood in Native American history / / Daniel H. Usner, Jr

• Autore: Usner Daniel H
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9730089/97
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Economic conditions; Indians of North America - Employment; Indians of North America - Public opinion; White people - Relations with Indians; Public opinion - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations; United States Social policy; United States Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-187) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Indian work
• ISBN: 0-674-05474-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460220303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II