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Rich Indians : Native people and the problem of wealth in American history /
Long before lucrative tribal casinos sparked controversy, Native Americans amassed other wealth that provoked intense debate about the desirability, morality, and compatibility of Indian and non-Indian economic practices. Blending social, cultural, and economic history, Alexandra Harmon examines sev...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2010.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Long before lucrative tribal casinos sparked controversy, Native Americans amassed other wealth that provoked intense debate about the desirability, morality, and compatibility of Indian and non-Indian economic practices. Blending social, cultural, and economic history, Alexandra Harmon examines seven such instances of Indian affluence and the dilemmas they presented both for Native Americans and for Euro-Americans--dilemmas rooted in the colonial origins of the modern American economy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 388 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807899571 0807899577 9781469606408 1469606402 |