Understanding Tolowa Histories - Western Hegemonies and Native American Responses

Developing a multi-leveled historical inquiry of the Native Tolowa of the US, James Collins explores the linguistic and political dynamics of place-claiming and expropriation as well as the relation between otherness and subjugation.

List of contents

1. Tolowa Histories: Inclusions and Exclusions in Making a People and a Past 2. Tolowa De-Termination: Histories after the Cataclysm, 1850-1900 3. Tolowa De-Termination: Conscripts of Western Civilization, 1910-1965 4. Rights, Place Claims, and Power: A Western Legacy 5. Changing Conditions of Place and Identity in Native North America 6. Discourse of Place and Expropriation 7. A Modern Politics of Place and Identity Conclusion: Contested Places, Divided Subjects

About the author

James Collins is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany.

Summary

This text develops a multi-level historical inquiry of the Native Tolowa of Northeastern California. The Tolowa were displaced and nearly destroyed in the 19th century. The author explores the linguistic and political dynamics of place-claiming and expropriation.

Product details

• Authors: James Collins, Collins James
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.1997
• EAN: 9780415912082
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91208-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Relating to indigenous peoples, Colonialism and imperialism, Society and culture: general, National liberation and independence, HISTORY / Indigenous / General