From talking chiefs to a native corporate élite : the birth of class and nationalism among Canadian Inuit /
From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite traces the development of class relations and collective identity among Canadian Inuit over several centuries of contact with Western capitalism. Marybelle Mitchell provides a complete history of Inuit-white relations, starting with the first contact w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Montreal ; Buffalo :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1996.
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Colección: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;
12. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite traces the development of class relations and collective identity among Canadian Inuit over several centuries of contact with Western capitalism. Marybelle Mitchell provides a complete history of Inuit-white relations, starting with the first contact with European explorers in the sixteenth century and ending with ratification of the Nunavut proposal to create an Inuit homeland through division of the Northwest Territories. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 533 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-515) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780773565807 0773565809 1282853732 9781282853737 |