Title The roots of dependency : subsistence, environment, and social change among the Choctaws, Pawnees, and Navajos / Richard White

Edition [1st pbk. ed., 1988] Published Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 1988, ©1983

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 433 pages) : illustrations Contents 1 The Choctaw Landscape 1 -- 2 Choctaw Subsistence 16 -- 3 The Evolution of the Choctaw Play-off System 34 -- 4 Liquor and Deerskins: Consequences of the Market Economy 69 -- 5 The Collapse of the Traditional Economy 97 -- 6 The Pawnees 147 -- 7 Natural and Cultural Order 157 -- 8 Social Change and Environmental Change 178 -- 9 The Pawnee Decline 199 -- 10 The Navajos 212 -- 11 Navajo Culture and Economy 236 -- 12 Southwestern Development and Navajo Underdevelopment 250 -- 13 The Navajos Become Dependent 290 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-417) and index Notes Print version record Subject Choctaw Indians -- Economic conditions Choctaw Indians -- Social conditions Pawnee Indians -- Economic conditions Pawnee Indians -- Social conditions Navajo Indians -- Economic conditions Navajo Indians -- Social conditions Indians of North America -- Economic conditions. Indians of North America -- Social conditions. Human ecology -- United States Subsistence economy -- United States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Choctaw Indians -- Economic conditions Choctaw Indians -- Social conditions Human ecology Indians of North America -- Economic conditions Indians of North America -- Social conditions Navajo Indians -- Economic conditions Navajo Indians -- Social conditions Pawnee Indians -- Social conditions Subsistence economy United States Form Electronic book ISBN 0585318719 9780585318714 0803297246 9780803297241

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