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Format: XVI, 379 S. : Ill., Kt.

ISBN: 0-520-20616-9

Content: "In addition to analyzing all the available data, ethnographic and historical, on slavery in traditional Northwest Coast cultures, Leland Donald places his findings in a broader context. He compares the status of Northwest Coast slaves with that of war captives in other parts of traditional native North America, determining that such captives elsewhere were not slaves, and he considers the place of slavery in the Northwest Coast cultures as a whole. Given the importance of Northwest Coast ethnology in the history of anthropology, Donald's work will attract readers with more than regional interests, including anyone investigating the comparative and historical contexts of slavery in human society."--BOOK JACKET.

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Nordwestküstenindianer ; Sklaverei

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/96046162.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/96046162.html

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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 379 pages : maps.

Edition: Reprint 2019

ISBN: 0-520-91811-8 , 0-585-12883-9

Content: 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.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , 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 , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-520-20616-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520918115