Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650

Informationen zum Autor Kathleen J. Bragdon is Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the author of Native People of Southern New England, 1500-1650, winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize of the American Society for Ethnohistory. Klappentext In this first comprehensive study of American Indians of southern New England from 1500 to 1650, Kathleen J. Bragdon discusses common features and significant differences among the Pawtucket, Massachusett, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck, Narragansett, Pokanoket, Niantic, Mohegan, and Pequot Indians. Her complex portrait, which employs both the perspective of European observers and important new evidence from archaeology and linguistics, shows that internally developed customs and values were primary determinants in the development of Native culture. Zusammenfassung In this first comprehensive study of American Indians of southern New England from 1500 to 1650, Kathleen Bragdon discusses common features and significant differences among the Pawtucket, Massachusett, Nipmuck, Pocumtuck, Narragansett, Pokanoket, Niantic, Mohegan, and Pequot Indians.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen J Bragdon, Kathleen J. Bragdon
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780806128030
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-2803-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Civilization of the American I; Civilization of the American Indian; Civilization of American Indian S.; The Civilization of the American Indian Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories