A most pernicious thing : gun trading and Native culture in the early contact period
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0886292239
ISBN 13
9780886292232
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1994
Publisher
Pages
160
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- First contact with Europeans
Tags
Firearms industry and trade -- North America, Firearms industry and trade, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- First contact with Europeans, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History -- Colonial Period ca. 1600-1775, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History -- 17th century, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Foreign influences, Indigenous peoples – North America -- Colonial period
Abstract
"The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue."--Amazon.
Number of Copies
1
