Mixed Blood Indians Racial Construction in the Early South |
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| Author:
| Perdue, Theda |
| Series title: | Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-2731-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $33.00 |
Book Description:
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On the southern frontier in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European men sometimes married Native women. Perdue discusses the assimilation of non-Indians into Native societies, their descendants' participation in tribal life, and the white cultural assumptions conveyed in the designation "mixed blood."
On the southern frontier in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European men sometimes married Native women. Perdue discusses the assimilation of non-Indians into Native societies, their descendants' participation in tribal life, and the white cultural assumptions conveyed in the designation "mixed blood."