| Choctaw Genesis, 1500-1700 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Galloway, Patricia Kay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803270704 ISBN-13: 9780803270701 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: Starting with the basic archaeological evidence and the written records of early Spanish and English visitors, Patricia Galloway traces the likely origin of the Choctaw people, their movements and interactions with other native groups in the South, and their response to Euro-American contacts. She thereby creates the first careful and complete history of the tribe in the early modern period. This rich and detailed work--winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize, the James Mooney Award, and the McLemore Prize--not only provides much new information on the Choctaws but illuminates the entire field of colonial-era southeastern history and provides a model for ethnographic studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Native American - History | North American |
| Dewey: 973.079 |
| LCCN: 95001659 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Series: Indians of the Southeast |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.96" W x 9.86" (1.66 lbs) 413 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Starting with the basic archaeological evidence and the written records of early Spanish and English visitors, Patricia Galloway traces the likely origin of the Choctaw people, their movements and interactions with other native groups in the South, and their response to Euro-American contacts. She thereby creates the first careful and complete history of the tribe in the early modern period. This rich and detailed work-winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize, the James Mooney Award, and the McLemore Prize-not only provides much new information on the Choctaws but illuminates the entire field of colonial-era southeastern history and provides a model for ethnographic studies. Patricia Galloway is Special Projects Officer, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. She is the editor of The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Artifacts and Analysis (Nebraska 1989) and The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast (Nebraska 1997). |