Ultimate Americans: Point Hope, Alaska: 1826-1909

The third volume in a series on Point Hope, Alaska, "Ultimate Americans" examines the first encounters between the native Tikigaq people and Anglo-Americans during the nineteenth century. Tom Lowenstein investigates the interactions between Native Alaskans, commercial whalemen, and missionaries in Point Hope, charting the destabilizing elements of alcohol and disease among Native populations, as well as cultural collisions and the eventual mutual assimilation of the groups. An in-depth historical chronicle, "Ultimate Americans" will be invaluable reading for historians, ethnographers, and anthropologists alike.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Tom Lowenstein is the author of Ancestors and Species: New and Selected Ethnographic Poetry; Ancient Land, Sacred Whale; and The Things That Were Said of Them.

Zusammenfassung

Examines the first encounters between the native Tikigaq people and Anglo-Americans during the nineteenth century. This title is suitable for historians, ethnographers, and anthropologists.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tom Lowenstein
• Verlag: Univ Of Alaska Pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9781602230279
• ISBN: 978-1-60223-027-9
• Seiten: 351
• Abmessung: 183 mm x 257 mm x 30 mm
• Gewicht: 953 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges