A work of original scholarship and compelling sweep; Okfuskee is a community-centered Indian history with an explicitly comparativist agenda. Joshua Piker uses the history of Okfuskee; an eighteenth-century Creek town; to reframe standard narratives of both Native and American experiences. This unique; detailed perspective on local life in a Native society allows us to truly understand both the pervasiveness of colonialism's influence and the inventiveness of Native responses. At the same time; by comparing the Okfuskees' experiences to those of their contemporaries in colonial British America; the book provides a nuanced discussion of the ways in which Native and Euro-American histories intersected with; and diverged from; each other.Piker examines the diplomatic ties that developed between the Okfuskees and their British neighbors; the economic implications of the Okfuskees' shifting world view; the integration of British traders into the town; and the shifting gender and generational relationships in the community. By both providing an in-depth investigation of a colonial-era Indian town in Indian country and placing the Okfuskees within the processes central to early American history; Piker offers a Native history with important implications for American history.
#626160 in Books Desmond King 2002-06-15 2002-03-19Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; 1.24 #File Name: 067400812X400 pagesMaking Americans
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting competentBy doug kortyThis is an interesting and competent scholarly work. Desmond King has written a number of books in recent years on important topics. This book has a useful appendix with a summary of immigration legislation.Midwest Independent Research; educational websites. Immigration; mwir-immigration.blogspot. There is a book list.
