The Deadly Politics of Giving
Exchange and Violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Alabama Press
Published:20th Aug '06
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With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory, this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish Jesuits at Ajacan (1570-72) and English settlers at Roanoke Island (1584-90) and Jamestown Island (1607-12). It is an anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to intercultural strife during the late 1500s and early 1600s, destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and nearly destroying Jamestown.
Mallios presents a fascinating study of early relations between Native Americans and Europeans at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown that will have wide appeal among anthropologists, historians, ethnohistorians, and archaeologists. An excellent book! - Heather Lapham, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
ISBN: 9780817353360
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 273g
168 pages