Native Americans and Wage Labor
Subtitle: Ethnohistorical Perspectives
Contributors: Alice Littlefield (Editor); Martha C. Knack (Editor)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: April 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780806128160
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Anthropology; Indigenous peoples; Labour economics; Social history; Work & labour; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Employment Of Special Groups; Native Americans; Business & Economics; History - General History; Labor; Business/Economics; USA; History; Native American; Sources; Economic conditions; Employment; Indians of North America
First sentence: Studies of North American Indian economic life have largely ignored the participation of indigenous people in wage labor, even though for over a century such participation has often been essential for the survival of Native individuals and communities.