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Lawrence, KS University Press of Kansas 2013 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Maps.
Hardback. New. In the culture of the American West, images abound of Indians drunk on the white man's firewater, a historical stereotype William Unrau has explored in two previous books. His latest study focuses on how federally-developed roads from Missouri to northern New Mexico facilitated the diffusion of both spirits and habits of over-drinking within Native American cultures. ISBN 0700619143 9780700619146 [GB]
ISBN10: 0700619143, ISBN13: 9780700619146, [publisher: University Press of Kansas] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]
ISBN10: 0700619143, ISBN13: 9780700619146, [publisher: University Press of Kansas] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. [Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]
Lawrence, KS University Press of Kansas 2013 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 208 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Maps.
ISBN10: 0700619143, ISBN13: 9780700619146, [publisher: University Press Of Kansas] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In the culture of the American West, images abound of Indians drunk on the white man's firewater, a historical stereotype William Unrau has explored in two previous books. His latest study focuses on how federally-developed roads from Missouri to northern New Mexico facilitated the diffusion of both spirits and habits of over-drinking within Native American cultures. Unrau investigates how it came about that distilled alcohol, designated illegal under penalty of federal fines and imprisonment as a trade item for Indian people, was nevertheless easily obtainable by most Indians along the Taos and Santa Fe roads after 1821. Unrau reveals how the opening of those overland trails, their designation as national roads, and the establishment of legal boundaries of 'Indian Country' all combined to produce an increasingly unstable setting in which Osage, Kansa, Southern Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, and Comanche peoples entered into an expansive trade for alcohol along these routes. Unrau describes how Missouri traders began meeting Anglo demand for bison robes and related products, obtaining these commodities in exchange for corn and wheat alcohol and ensnaring Prairie and Plains Indians in a market economy that became dependent on this exchange. He tells how the distribution of illicit alcohol figured heavily ...
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ISBN10: 0700619143, ISBN13: 9780700619146, [publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas] Hardcover har/map edition. 192 pages. 8.70x5.90x0.90 inches. In Stock. [Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]
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