Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American

Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South

This book provides a new conceptual framework for understanding how the Indian nations of the early American South emerged from the ruins of a precolonial, Mississippian world. A broad regional synthesis that ranges over much of the Eastern Woodlands, its focus is on the Indians of the Carolina Piedmont - the Catawbas and their neighbors - from 1400 to 1725. Using an "eventful" approach to social change, Robin Beck argues that the collapse of the Mississippian world was fundamentally a transformation of political economy, from one built on maize to one of guns, slaves, and hides. The story takes us from first encounters through the rise of the Indian slave trade and the scourge of disease to the wars that shook the American South in the early 1700s. Yet the book's focus remains on the Catawbas, drawing on their experiences in a violent, unstable landscape to develop a comparative perspective on structural continuity and change.

Country	USA
Author	Dr Robin Beck
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9781107022133
Edition	0
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1107022134
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Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	322
PublicationDate	2013-06-24
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Studio	Cambridge University Press
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Chiefdoms, Collapse, and Coalescence in the Early American South