Description
An introductory overview of the historiography of Native peoples in the early Southeast examines how the study of Native-colonial relations has changed over the last century. Daniel H. Usner Jr. reevaluates the Natchez Indians' ill-fated relations with the French and the cultural effects of Native population losses from disease and warfare during the eighteenth century. Usner next examines in detail the social and economic relations the Native peoples forged in the face of colonial domination and demographic decline, and he reveals how Natives adapted to the cotton economy, which displaced their familiar social and economic networks of interaction with outsiders. Finally, Usner offers an intriguing excursion into cultural criticism, assessing the effects of popular images of Natives from this region.
Indian strategies of resistance and adaptation to colonialist changes are brought to light in this perceptive study
About the Author
Daniel H. Usner Jr. is a professor of history at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley before 1783.
Reviews
"For anyone interested in understanding the historical basis of American Indian cultural persistence, American Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley is essential reading." William and Mary Quarterly "All historians interested in Native Americans and in the multi-cultural history of the South will want to read it." Georgia Historical Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9780803295636
Author Daniel H. Usner, Jr.
Format Paperback
Page Count 205
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 318g
