| Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790 Contributor(s): O'Brien, Jean M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511600976 ISBN-13: 9780511600975 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 974.4 |
| Series: Studies in North American Indian History |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: According to Jean O'Brien, Indians did not simply disappear from colonial Natick, Massachusetts as the English extended their domination. Rather, the Indians creatively resisted colonialism, defended their lands, and rebuilt kin networks and community through the strategic use of English cultural practices and institutions. In the late eighteenth century, Natick Indians experienced a process of dispossession by degrees that rendered them invisible within the larger context of the colonial social order, and enabled the construction of the myth of Indian extinction. |
