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The tree that bends : discourse, power, and the survival of the Maskókî people /

"In her compelling and controversial arguments, Wickman rejects the myths that erase Native Americans from Florida through the agency of Spaniards and diseases and make the area an empty frontier awaiting American expansion. Through research on both sides of the Atlantic and extensive oral hist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wickman, Patricia R. (Patricia Riles)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: A People Obscured by Their Past
  • pt. I. The Maskokalgi. 2. The Four-Cornered Circle. 3. The Tree That Bends. 4. Geography, Society, and Continuity. 5. Power and Gender
  • pt. II. Enter the Spaniards. 6. The Entrada Model in the Southeast, 1510-1565. 7. El Sombrero de Tres Picos. 8. Fear as the Forerunner of Faith. 9. Children of Self-Interest. 10. Conclusions: The Past as Prelude. App. 1. Notes on Orthography and Pronunciation
  • App. 2. Seminole Sources.