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



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Autore: Mallios Seth <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The deadly politics of giving : exchange and violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown / / Seth Mallios Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
Disciplina: 975/.01
Soggetto topico: Algonquian Indians - First contact with Europeans - 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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8205-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809021303321
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