Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Dimensions and consequences of colonial encounters -- Visions of pre-colonial native California -- Franciscan missions in Alta California -- Native agency in the Franciscan missions -- Russian merchants in California -- Native agency in the Ross Colony -- Missionary and mercantile colonies in California -- The aftermath -- Conclusion |
Summary |
Annotation California's earliest European colonists--Russian merchants and Spanish missionaries--depended heavily on Native Americans for labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of the past--including little-known oral histories, native texts, ethnohistory, and archaeological excavations--to present a vivid new view of how native cultures fared under these two colonial systems. Kent Lightfoot's innovative work, which incorporates the holistic methods of historical anthropology, explores the surprising ramifications of these long-ago encounters for the present-day political status of native people in California. Lightfoot weaves the results of his own significant archaeological research at Fort Ross, a major Russian mercantile colony, into a cross-cultural comparison, showing how these two colonial ventures--one primarily mercantile and one primarily religious--contributed to the development of new kinds of native identities, social forms, and tribal relationships. His lively account includes personal anecdotes from the field and a provocative discussion of the role played by early ethnographers, such as Alfred Kroeber, in influencing which tribes would eventually receive federal recognition. Indians, Missionaries, and Merchantstakes a fascinating, yet troubling, look at California's past and its role in shaping the state today |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-318) and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 6, 2018) |
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Franciscans -- Missions -- California -- History
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Franciscans fast |
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Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- California
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Indians of North America -- Missions -- California -- History
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Indians of North America -- Commerce -- California -- History
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Federally recognized Indian tribes -- California
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Federal aid to Indians -- California
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Federal aid to Indians
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Federally recognized Indian tribes
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Indians of North America -- Commerce
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Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples
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Indians of North America -- Missions
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Missions
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Politics and government
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Race relations
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Social policy
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United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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United States -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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California
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0520940350 |
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9780520940352 |
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1597346756 |
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9781597346757 |
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