Violent Appetites - Hunger in the Early Northeast

Carla Cevasco reveals the disgusting, violent history of hunger in early northeastern North America. She emphasizes the vulnerability of the colonial project as well as Native strategies of resistance to both hunger and colonial invasion, and traces how these experiences transformed the meanings of hunger across cultures.

About the author

Carla Cevasco is assistant professor of American Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She lives in Somerset, NJ.

Summary

How hunger shaped both colonialism and Native resistance in Early America

Product details

• Authors: Carla Cevasco
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780300251340
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25134-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Food & society, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, The Americas, C 1600 To C 1700, Cultural studies: food and society, HISTORY / Indigenous / General