Format:
Book
Author:
O'Brien, Greg, 1966-
Title:
Choctaws in a revolutionary age, 1750-1830 / Greg O'Brien ; with an afterword by the author.
Publisher, Date:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
Description:
xxvii, 164 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"This story of the Choctaws is told through the lives of two remarkable leaders, Taboca and Franchimastabe, during a period of extraordinary change, 1750-1830. Both men achieved recognition as warriors in the eighteenth century but then followed very different paths of leadership. Taboca was a traditional Choctaw leader, a "prophet-chief" whose authority was deeply rooted in the spiritual realm. The foundation of Franchimastabe's power was more externally driven, resting on trade with Europeans and American colonists and the acquisition of manufactured goods.
Frauchimastabe responded to shifting circumstances outside the Choctaw nation by pushing the source of authority in novel directions, straddling spiritual and economic power in a way unfathomable to Taboca."--BOOK JACKET.
Series:
Indians of the Southeast
Indians of the Southeast.
Subjects:
Choctaw Indians -- History -- 18th century.
Choctaw Indians -- History -- 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) -- Case studies.
Choctaw Indians -- Cultural assimilation.
Choctaw (Indiens) -- Histoire.
Pouvoir (sciences sociales) -- Cas, EĢtudes de.
Choctaw (Indiens) -- Acculturation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-158) and index.
Contents:
Choctaws and power -- The multiethnic confederacy -- Warriors, warfare, and male power -- Power derived from the outside world -- Trading for power -- Otherworldly power and power in transition.
Web Site:
LCCN:
2005011421
ISBN:
9780803286221 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0803286228 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other Number:
59879587
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Current Holds:
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Control Number:
779925
Call Number:
973.0497 O13
Course Reserves:
0
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