The Queen's People - A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation among the Okanagan of Canada

An analysis of the realities of everyday life for Okanagan Indians on a reserve near Vernon. Carstens applies the peasant model to the study of reserve systems and finds significant correlations. Questions of class, status, power, and institutionalized inequality also come into play.

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By Peter Carstens

Summary

An analysis of the realities of everyday life for Okanagan Indians on a reserve near Vernon. Carstens applies the peasant model to the study of reserve systems and finds significant correlations. Questions of class, status, power, and institutionalized inequality also come into play.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Carstens
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1991
• EAN: 9780802068279
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-6827-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories