
Rich Indians
Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History
Alexandra Harmon(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 1. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-4696-0684-2 (ISBN)
Description
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. 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. Harmon's study not only compels us to look beyond stereotypes of greedy whites and poor Indians, but also convincingly demonstrates that Indians deserve a prominent place in American economic history and in the history of American ideas.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
682 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-0684-2 (9781469606842)
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10/2010
The University of North Carolina Press
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Person
Alexandra Harmon is associate professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington, USA. She is editor of The Power of Promises: Perspectives on Northwest Indian Treaties and author of Indians in the Making: Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound.