The Deadly Politics of Giving
Exchange and Violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, Anthropology
| Author: | Seth Mallios | ISBN: | 9780817382056 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press | Publication: | August 20, 2006 |
| Imprint: | University Alabama Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Seth Mallios |
| ISBN: | 9780817382056 |
| Publisher: | University of Alabama Press |
| Publication: | August 20, 2006 |
| Imprint: | University Alabama Press |
| Language: | English |
A clash of cultures on the North American continent.
With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory, this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish Jesuits at Ajacan (1570–72) and English settlers at Roanoke Island (1584–90) and Jamestown Island (1607–12). It is an anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to intercultural strife during the late 1500s and early 1600s, destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and nearly destroying Jamestown.
** **
A clash of cultures on the North American continent.
With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory, this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish Jesuits at Ajacan (1570–72) and English settlers at Roanoke Island (1584–90) and Jamestown Island (1607–12). It is an anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to intercultural strife during the late 1500s and early 1600s, destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and nearly destroying Jamestown.
** **
