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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mitchell, Marybelle, 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.
Series:McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 12.
Subjects:
Inuit > Canada > Social conditions.
Inuit > Canada > Government relations.
Acculturation > Canada, Northern > History.
Cooperative societies > Canada, Northern > History.
Social classes > Canada, Northern.
Cooperative societies > Canada, Northern.
Inuits > Canada > Conditions économiques.
Inuits > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Inuits > Canada > Politique et gouvernement.
Coopératives > Canada (Nord)
Inuits > Canada > Relations avec l'État.
Coopératives > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Classes sociales > Canada (Nord)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Native American.
Acculturation
Cooperative societies
Inuit > Government relations
Inuit > Social conditions
Social classes
Gruppenidentität
Kulturkontakt
Eskimo's.
Klassenverhoudingen.
Nationale identiteit.
Classes sociales > Canada (nord) > Histoire.
Inuits > Acculturation > Canada (nord) > Histoire.
Inuits > Canada > Histoire.
Coopératives > Canada (nord)
Geschichte 1700-1993.
Canada
Northern Canada
Kanada
Eskimo.
Europäer.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A New Perspective on Development
  • 2. At the Brink of Transition: Inuit Relationships at First Contact
  • 3. Explorers and Itinerant Traders
  • 4. The Whalers: Indigenous Practices Are Both Bolstered and Undermined
  • 5. Traders, Missionaries, and Police: A Community of Interest
  • 6. Economic, Ideological, and Political Transformation
  • 7. The Little Colombo Plan: The State Makes Its Presence Felt
  • 8. The State Organizes Cooperatives for Eskimos
  • 9. Canadian Arctic Producers: "A Business of Which There are Few Parallels"
  • 10. Quebec Pursues a Separate Destiny
  • 11. The Federal Government as Promoter and Gatekeeper of Inuit Art
  • 12. The Northwest Territories Cooperatives Federate; Inuit Producers Gain Control of CAP, and Dorset Defects
  • 13. Convergence: CAP and CACFL Amalgamate and Quebec and the NWT Shake Hands
  • 14. Hunters Become Producers of Arts and Crafts: The Effect of the Cooperative on Inuit Work and Means of Production.

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