Aboriginal slavery on the Northwest Coast of North America / Leland Donald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donald, Leland, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Indians of North America.

Indigenous people--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Indigenous people of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Slavery--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Slavery.

Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Economic conditions.

Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Social conditions.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Indigenous people of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 379 pages : maps.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leland Donald shows that Northwest Coast servitude, relatively neglected by researchers in the past, fits an appropriate cross-cultural definition of slavery. Arguing that slaves and slavery were central to these hunting-fishing-gathering societies, he points out how important slaves were to the Northwest Coast economies for their labour and for their value as major items of exchange.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

Introduction

1 An Overview of Northwest Coast Cultures

2 The Study of Northwest Coast Slavery

3 Methods and Sources

4 Slaves and Masters Described

5 The Production of Slaves

6 Slave Labor

7 Transactions in Slaves

8 Slaves and Ritual

9 The Scale of Slavery on the Northwest Coast

10 The Antiquity of Northwest Coast Slavery

11 Changes in Slavery, 1780-1880

12 Captivity and Slavery in Aboriginal North American Cultures

13 Class on the Northwest Coast

14 The Place of Slavery in Northwest Coast Culture

Appendix 1. Tribal Unit Sample Codings on Slavery Variables

Appendix 2. Tribal Unit Sample Identification and References

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520918115

0520918118

9780585128832

0585128839

OCLC:

1163877807