The Shawnees and Their Neighbors, 1795-1870 by Stephen Warren - 2008-12-12

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8x6x0. First printing. A fine copy. 2009 Trade Paperback. ix, 217 pp. Stephen Warren traces the transformation in Shawnee sociopolitical organization over seventy years as it changed from village-centric, multi-tribe kin groups to an institutionalized national government led by wealthy men with only marginal kin ties to the people they claimed to represent. The Shawnees and Their Neighbors, 1795-1870 lays bare the myths and histories produced by Shawnee interpreters and their vested interests in modernizing the tribes. Until recently, historians have assumed that Central Algonquians derive from politically unified tribes, but by analyzing the crucial role that individuals, institutions, and policies played in shaping modern tribal governments, Warren reveals a messier, more complicated history of migration and conflict. Ultimately, Warren establishes that the form of the modern Shawnee "tribe" was… Read More

University of Illinois Press, December 2008. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good/No Jacket. Universiy of Illinois Press, 2009. Very Good/No Jacket. First paperback printing with illustrative front cover and navy spine. Faint pencil marking on FFEP. Tight clean copy with no creasing to spine or covers. Book contains black and white images as well as maps. 9x6 with 217 pp. including index.

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University of Illinois Press, 2008. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 232 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.