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Native Diasporas
. Ed(S): Smithers, Gregory D.; Newman, Brooke N.
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Description for Native Diasporas
Paperback. Explores how indigenous peoples forged a sense of identity and community amid the changes wrought by European colonialism in the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands, and the mainland Americas from the seventeenth through the twentieth century. Editor(s): Smithers, Gregory D.; Newman, Brooke N. Series: Borderlands and Transcultural Studies. Num Pages: 524 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; JFFN; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 802.
The arrival of European settlers in the Americas disrupted indigenous lifeways, and the effects of colonialism shattered Native communities. Forced migration and human trafficking created a diaspora of cultures, languages, and people. Gregory D. Smithers and Brooke N. Newman have gathered the work of leading scholars, including Bill Anthes, Duane Champagne, Daniel Cobb, Donald Fixico, and Joy Porter, among others, in examining an expansive range of Native peoples and the extent of their influences through reaggregation. These diverse and wide-ranging essays uncover indigenous understandings of self-identification, community, and culture through the speeches, cultural products, intimate relations, and political and legal ... Read more
The arrival of European settlers in the Americas disrupted indigenous lifeways, and the effects of colonialism shattered Native communities. Forced migration and human trafficking created a diaspora of cultures, languages, and people. Gregory D. Smithers and Brooke N. Newman have gathered the work of leading scholars, including Bill Anthes, Duane Champagne, Daniel Cobb, Donald Fixico, and Joy Porter, among others, in examining an expansive range of Native peoples and the extent of their influences through reaggregation. These diverse and wide-ranging essays uncover indigenous understandings of self-identification, community, and culture through the speeches, cultural products, intimate relations, and political and legal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
Series
Borderlands and Transcultural Studies
Number of Pages
524
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803233638
SKU
V9780803233638
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About . Ed(S): Smithers, Gregory D.; Newman, Brooke N.
Gregory D. Smithers teaches history at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of three books, including Science, Sexuality, and Race in the United States and Australia, 1780s–1890s. Brooke N. Newman is an assistant professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her articles have appeared in Gender and History and Slavery and Abolition.
Reviews for Native Diasporas
"The essays in Native Diasporas offer fascinating case studies that simultaneously value local nuance and transnational/global contexualization across more than three centuries of history. They also offer fresh insights in the study of indigenous identities."—Joseph Genetin-Pilawa, Western Historical Quarterly "This work will become a seminal text for people studying in the field."—Paul Moon, Te Kaharoa "This text is not only ... Read more