Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers

by Kent G. Lightfoot

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California's earliest European colonists--Russian merchants and Spanish missionaries--depended heavily on Native Americans for labor to build and maintain their colonies, but they did so in very different ways. This richly detailed book brings together disparate skeins of the past--including little-known oral histories, native texts, ethnohistory, and archaeological excavations--to present a vivid new view of how native cultures fared under these...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520249984

ISBN13:9780520249981

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:355 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Americas Anthropology Civilization & Culture Computers & Technology Cultural Customs & Traditions History Native American Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences State & Local World

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