Cultures in contact : the European impact on native cultural institutions in Eastern North American, A.D. 1000-1800

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG clean and tight; jacket not clipped.. Tan paper/boards; maroon cloth spine. Tan dj with bw image and black lettering. Mylar cover. vi, 320 pp. with a few bw images and maps. From the Anthropological Society of Washington Series. "Nine case studies examine sociocultural consequences of early interaction between Europeans and selected native societies of eastern North America, including the Inuit of Labrador and West Greenland, Iroquois and Algonquians of New England, Powhatans of Chesapeake Bay, and tribes of Florida and the Caribbean. The volume grew out of a series of presentations on recent archaeological and ethnohistorical research organized for the Anthropological Society of Washington by Smithsonian archaeologist Fitzhugh, whose perceptive introductions link the individual chapters into a more coherent consideration of the topic. The collection stimulates new thinking about the nature and effects of culture contact by demonstrating that it was a multistage process, colored by a mix of cultural and geographical variables that produced a complex tapestry of contact situations and consequences. Recommended for undergraduate and graduate programs in anthropology, history, and American studies.-W.A. Turnbaugh, University of Rhode Island." Copyright American Library Association.