Unfair Labor?: American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago Contributor(s): Beck, David R. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496206835 ISBN-13: 9781496206831 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Native American |
Dewey: 970.004 |
LCCN: 2018051871 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.41 lbs) 330 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Unfair Labor? is the first book to explore the economic impact of Native Americans who participated in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. By the late nineteenth century, tribal economic systems across the Americas were decimated, and tribal members were desperate to find ways to support their families and control their own labor. As U.S. federal policies stymied economic development in tribal communities, individual Indians found creative new ways to make a living by participating in the cash economy. Before and during the exposition, American Indians played an astonishingly broad role in both the creation and the collection of materials for the fair, and in a variety of jobs on and off the fairgrounds. |