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Theodore Binnema (Ed.) - New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada’s Native Pasts - 9780774814133 - V9780774814133
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New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada’s Native Pasts

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Description for New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada’s Native Pasts Hardback. The collection combines essays by prominent senior historians, geographers, and anthropologists with contributions by new voices in these fields, to shed new light on the history of scholarship on Canada's Aboriginal past. Editor(s): Binnema, Theodore; Neylan, Susan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps, 4 tables, est. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 567.

Scholarly depictions of the history of Aboriginal people in Canada have changed dramatically since the 1970s when Arthur J. (“Skip”) Ray entered the field. New Histories for Old examines this transformation while extending the scholarship on Canada’s Aboriginal history in new directions.

The collection combines essays by prominent senior historians, geographers, and anthropologists with contributions by new voices in these fields. The chapters reflect the core themes studied by Ray himself, including Native struggles for land and resources under colonialism, the fur trade, “Indian” policy and treaties, mobility and migration, disease and well-being, and Native-newcomer relations.

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New Histories for Old is a major contribution to understanding Native-newcomerrelations, Native struggles for land and resources under colonialism, “Indian” policy and treaties, mobility and migration, disease and well-being, and questions about “doing” Native history. It will appeal to scholars and students in history, Native studies, geography, anthropology, and related fields.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774814133
SKU
V9780774814133
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Theodore Binnema (Ed.)
Ted Binnema is a professor of history at the University of Northern British Columbia. Susan Neylan is an associate professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Reviews for New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada’s Native Pasts
This selection of essays sheds new light on historical and up to date relationships between the European and the Native. It reviews the aspirations of the Indigenous people to recover their lands in whole or in part. The book is a fresh look at the history of our original peoples and is an up to date reference for both historians ... Read more

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