Indian-Made : Navajo Culture in the Marketplace, 1868-1940 /

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In works of silver and wool, the Navajos have established a unique brand of American craft. And when their artisans were integrated into the American economy during the late nineteenth century, they became part of a complex cultural and economic framework in which their handmade crafts conveyed mean...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bsumek, Erika Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Comptoirs > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Textiles et tissus navaho > Histoire.
Navaho (Indiens) > Commerce.
Webarbeit
Vermarktung
Stereotyp
Silberschmuck
Indianerbild
Trading posts.
Navajo weavers.
Navajo textile fabrics.
Navajo Indians > Commerce.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Comptoirs (Établissements de commerce) > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Textiles et tissus navajo > Histoire.
Tisserands navajo > Histoire.
Navajo (Indiens) > Commerce.
Trading posts > Southwest, New > History.
Navajo textile fabrics > History.
Navajo weavers > History.
Navajo.
New Southwest.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Navajos, the Navaho, and the market for Indian-made goods
  • Creating the Navaho
  • Negotiating the Navajo trading post, navigating the national economy
  • Marketing the Navaho through frontier commerce
  • Dealing in and consuming the Navaho, 1890-1940
  • Authenticating the Navaho
  • Codifying the Navaho : the "Indian-made" controversy
  • Branding, borders, and beyond.

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