The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Metis in North America [Paperback]

Jacqueline Peterson (Editor), Jennifer S. H. Brown (Editor), Jennifer Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1996

Leading Canadian and American scholars explore the dimension and meaning of the intermingling of European and Native American peoples.

PART 1 MÈtis Origins: Discovery and Interpretations - Olive Dickason, Jacqueline Peterson, John Foster

PART 2 Communities in Diversity - Irene Spry, Verne Dussenberry, John Long, Trudy Nicks and Kenneth Morgan

PART 3 Diasporas and Questions of Identity - R. David Edmunds, Jennifer Brown, Sylvia Van Kirk

PART 4 Cultural Life - Ted Brasser, John Crawford, Robert Thomas

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A significant contribution to our understanding of this recent field of historic endeavour." –Canadian Historical Review

"An indispensable introduction to the complexity of MÈtis communities." –American Historical Review

About the Author

Jennifer Brown is professor of history at the University of Winnipeg. An anthropologist and historian, she has written widely on fur-trade social history and ethnohistory.

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Manitoba Pr (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887556175
• ISBN-13: 978-0887556173
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,339,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)