Choctaw Genesis, 1500-1700 by Patricia Kay Galloway (English) Paperback Book

Description: Choctaw Genesis, 1500-1700 by Patricia Kay Galloway Traces the likely origin of the Choctaw people, their movements and interactions with other native groups in the South, and their response to Euro-American contacts. This title not only provides information on the Choctaws but also illuminates the entire field of colonial-era southeastern history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "A remarkable synthesis of history, anthropology, and cartography."--Choice. "A significant addition to a rich and growing bibliography of southeastern Indians in general and the Choctaws in particular ...[Galloway shows] the finest instincts of a careful researcher ...and she offer[s] a volume that is readable, enjoyable, even engrossing, and defensible."--Journal of American History. "Galloways command of the sources is convincing, her scholarship is sound."--Western Historical Quarterly. "The arguments [Galloway] develops--many of them provocative and some controversial--will undoubtedly act as a catalyst to involve others in the study of this fascinating era."--Mississippi Archaeology. Starting with the basic archaeological evidence and the written records of early Spanish and English visitors, Patricia Galloway traces the likely origin of the Choctaw people, their movements and interactions with other native groups in the South, and their response to Euro-American contacts. She thereby creates the first careful and complete history of the tribe in the early modern period.This rich and detailed work--winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize, the James Mooney Award, and the McLemore Prize--not only provides much new information on the Choctaws but illuminates the entire field of colonial-era southeastern history and provides a model for ethnographic studies.Patricia Galloway is Special Projects Officer, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. She is the editor of The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Artifacts and Analysis (Nebraska 1989) and The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast (Nebraska 1997). Author Biography Patricia Galloway is Special Projects Officer, Mississippi Department of Archives and History. She is the editor of The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex: Artifacts and Analysis (Nebraska 1989) and The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast (Nebraska 1997). Review "A remarkable synthesis of history, anthropology, and cartography."-Choice Choice "A significant addition to a rich and growing bibliography of southeastern Indians in general and the Choctaws in particular ... [Galloway shows] the finest instincts of a careful researcher ... and she offer[s] a volume that is readable, enjoyable, even engrossing, and defensible."-Journal of American History Journal of American History "Galloways command of the sources is convincing, her scholarship is sound."-Western Historical Quarterly Western Historical Quarterly "The arguments [Galloway] develops-many of them provocative and some controversial-will undoubtedly act as a catalyst to involve others in the study of this fascinating era."-Mississippi Archaeology Mississippi Archaeology Review Quote "The arguments [Galloway] develops-many of them provocative and some controversial-will undoubtedly act as a catalyst to involve others in the study of this fascinating era."- Mississippi Archaeology . Details ISBN0803270704 Author Patricia Kay Galloway Language English ISBN-10 0803270704 ISBN-13 9780803270701 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Imprint University of Nebraska Press Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States Residence MS, US Edition New edition Short Title CHOCTAW GENESIS REV/E Publisher University of Nebraska Press Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780803270701 UK Release Date 1998-02-01 AU Release Date 1998-02-01 NZ Release Date 1998-02-01 US Release Date 1998-02-01 Pages 413 Series Indians of the Southeast Publication Date 1998-02-01 DEWEY 970.004973 Illustrations Illus., maps Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159347319;

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