The return of the native American Indian political resurgence

Cornell, Stephen E. (Stephen Ellicott) 1948- (Author). American Council of Learned Societies. (Added Author).

Summary: An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the seventeenth century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations--and Indian responses to them--have shaped contemporary Indian political fortunes. Cornell shows how, in the early days of colonization, Indians were able to maintain their nationhood by playing off the competing European powers; and how the American Revolution and westward expansion eventually caused Native Americans to lose their land, social cohesion, and economic independence. The final part of the book recounts the slow, steady reemergence of.

Record details

ISBN: 0195037723 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195037722 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780198020820 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0198020821 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (viii, 278 p.)
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c1988.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 CatMonthString:march.18 CatBulkString:jan.10.13 AC-SUB Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter 1 The New Indian Politics; Part I: INTO THE DARK; Chapter 2 Exceptional Beginnings: The Fur Trade and Indian Labor; Chapter 3 Solving "the Indian Problem"; Chapter 4 "They Carry Their Lives on Their Finger Nails"; Part II: THE FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL RESURGENCE; Chapter 5 The Transformations of the Tribe; Chapter 6 New Music, New Partners, A New Dance; Chapter 7 Toward a Supratribal Consciousness; Chapter 8 The Politics of Indianness; Chapter 9 Who Wants What?; Chapter 10 Old Wars, New Weapons; Part III: THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE; Chapter 11 Lieutenant Anthony's Legacy.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.