The deadly politics of giving [[electronic resource] ] : exchange and violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown / / Seth Mallios

• Autore: Mallios Seth <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Disciplina: 975/.01
• Soggetto topico: Algonquian Indians - First contact with other peoples - South Atlantic States; Indians of North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Algonquian Indians - Wars - South Atlantic States; Ceremonial exchange - South Atlantic States
• Soggetto geografico: Spain Colonies America; Great Britain Colonies America; South Atlantic States History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-143) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Gifts and commodities -- Ajacan -- Roanoke -- Jamestown -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: A clash of cultures on the North American continent. With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory, this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish Jesuits at Ajacan (1570-72) and English settlers at Roanoke Island (1584-90) and Jamestown Island (1607-12). It is an anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to intercultural strife during the late 1500's and early 1600's, destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and
• Titolo autorizzato: The deadly politics of giving
• ISBN: 0-8173-8205-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778042603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II