The roots of dependency : subsistence, environment, and social change among the Choctaws, Pawnees, and Navajos

White, Richard 1947- (author.).

Record details

OCLC: ocm45732488
ISBN: 9780803297241
ISBN: 0803297246
ISBN: 9780585318714
ISBN: 0585318719
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 433 pages) : illustrations
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Edition: [1st pbk. ed., 1988].
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 1988, ©1983.

Content descriptions

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-417) and index.

Contents:

1 The Choctaw Landscape 1 -- 2 Choctaw Subsistence 16 -- 3 The Evolution of the Choctaw Play-off System 34 -- 4 Liquor and Deerskins: Consequences of the Market Economy 69 -- 5 The Collapse of the Traditional Economy 97 -- 6 The Pawnees 147 -- 7 Natural and Cultural Order 157 -- 8 Social Change and Environmental Change 178 -- 9 The Pawnee Decline 199 -- 10 The Navajos 212 -- 11 Navajo Culture and Economy 236 -- 12 Southwestern Development and Navajo Underdevelopment 250 -- 13 The Navajos Become Dependent 290.