A New Perspective on Indian-White Contact: Cultural Symbols and Colonial Trade

Pre- and protohistorics American Indians did not think of the trade in the same way that Europeans did. Research points to the fact that the key to understanding early trade relations between whites and Indians is the realization that to the Indians nonutilitarian trade goods were valuable, not for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 1986-09, Vol.73 (2), p.311-328
Hauptverfasser:	Miller, Christopher L., Hamell, George R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American Indians Bead welding Crystals Fur trade Glass History Indian culture International trade Native Americans Native North Americans Society of Jesus United States history White people Whites Woodlands
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Zusammenfassung:	Pre- and protohistorics American Indians did not think of the trade in the same way that Europeans did. Research points to the fact that the key to understanding early trade relations between whites and Indians is the realization that to the Indians nonutilitarian trade goods were valuable, not for their uniqueness, but for their similarity to native substances.
ISSN:	0021-8723 1945-2314 1936-0967
DOI:	10.2307/1908224