The other side of the frontier : economic explorations into Native American history / edited by Linda Barrington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barrington, Linda.

Series:

American and European economic history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Economic conditions.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--History.

History.

Economic history.

United States--Economic conditions.

United States.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.

Contents:

Editor's Introduction: Native Americans and U.S. Economic History / Linda Barrington 1

Part 1 Pre-Colonial Civilizations

Introduction: Relative Prices, Civilizations, and Evolving Institutions / Linda Barrington 53

1 Economy, Ecology, and Institutions in the Emergence of Humankind / Vernon L. Smith 57

2 The Mississippians and Economic Development Before European Colonization / Linda Barrington 86

3 Institutional Change in the Indian Horse Culture / Terry L. Anderson, Steven LaCombe 103

Part 2 Trade and Colonial Economies

Introduction: Intertwining Economies / Karen Clay 127

4 Property Rights and Competition in the Depletion of the Beaver: Native Americans and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1700-1763 / Ann M. Carlos, Frank D. Lewis 131

5 The Eighteenth-Century Southeastern American Indian Economy: Subsistence Versus Trade and Growth / Edward Murphy 150

Part 3 Westward Expansion

Introduction: The Economic Historian's Use and Sources of Data / James W. Oberly 163

6 Could the Cherokee Have Survived in the Southeast? / David M. Wishart 165

7 Land, Population, Prices, and the Regulation of Natural Resources: The Lake Superior Ojibwa, 1790-1920 / James W. Oberly 190

8 The Political Economy of Indian Wars / Terry L. Anderson, Fred S. McChesney 206

Part 4 Twentieth-Century Federalism

Introduction: The Political Economy and History of Allotment / Leonard A. Carlson 227

9 The Economics and Politics of Irrigation Projects on Indian Reservations, 1900-1940 / Leonard A. Carlson 235

10 The Political Economy of the Hawaiian Home Lands Program / Sumner J. La Croix, Louis A. Rose 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813333954

0813333962

OCLC:

39458856