Dispossession by Degrees

Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790

AvJean M. O'Brien

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

Del i serien Studies in North American Indian History

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Beskrivning

According to Jean O'Brien, Indians did not simply disappear from colonial Natick, Massachusetts as the English extended their domination. Rather, the Indians creatively resisted colonialism, defended their lands, and rebuilt kin networks and community through the strategic use of English cultural practices and institutions. In the late eighteenth century, Natick Indians experienced a process of 'dispossession by degrees' that rendered them invisible within the larger context of the colonial social order, and enabled the construction of the myth of Indian extinction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-02-28
Mått:156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:530 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in North American Indian History
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521561723

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Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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"In this thorough, well-written study of the Native American community of Natick, Massachusettes, Jean O'Brien demonstrates the remarkable evolution in the historical treatment of Indians in New England in the past thirty years....For readers who wish to understand in greater detail how native people came to lose the majority of the vast lands they controlled at the time of the first English settlements in southern New England, this book serves as an admirable case study." North Carolina Historical Review

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue: 'My Land': Natick and the Narrative of Indian Extinction; Chapter 1: Peoples, Land, and Social Order; Chapter 2: The Sinews and the Flesh: Natick Comes Together, 1650–1675; Chapter 3: 'Friend Indians': Negotiating Colonial Rules, 1676–1700; Chapter 4: Divided In Their Desires; Chapter 5: Interlude: The Proprietary Families; Chapter 6: 'They Are So Frequently Shifting Their Place Of Residence': Natick Indians, 1741–1790; Conclusion.