Indian New England before the Mayflower / Howard S. Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Howard S.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--New England--History.

Indians of North America.

New England.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (donor)

Physical Description:

xi, [1], 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, 1980.

Contents:

Preface

Foreword

I. Background. 1. The Region and Its Resources; 2. The First Europeans

II. The People. 3. The Tribes and Their Distribution; 4. Personal Characteristics; 5. Health and Illness; 6. Religion and Philosophy

III. The Household. 7. A Place to Live; 8. Household and Personal Equipment; 9. The Family Meals: The Cooking Pot; Maize; Beans, Squashes, and Pumpkins; Roots and Nuts; Fruits; Sugar and Salt; Game, Fish, and Seafood; A Diet for Superb Health; 10. The Role of the Sexes; 11. The Day's Round; 12. Beyond the Round

IV. The Bountiful Earth. 13. The Soil; 14. The Provision of Nature; 15. Preparing for Cultivation, Farming Tools; The Fields; 16. Cultivated Crops, Corn, Beans, Squashes, and Watermelons; Roots; Tobacco; 17. The Season's Round, Storing the Yield; Fall Hunting

V. Interrelations. 18. Trade and Conflict; 19. Travel and Communication

Afterword: A Promising Society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-270) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

ISBN:

0874511623 :

0874512557 (paper)

OCLC:

6534431