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Both sides of the bullpen : Navajo trade and posts
- Title
- Both sides of the bullpen : Navajo trade and posts / Robert S. McPherson.
- Author
- McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 353 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Examines how Navajo culture shaped and defined practices at trading posts between 1880 and 1940 in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado."--Proviede by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Navajo trade and posts
- Subject
- Navajo Indians > Commerce
- Trading posts > Utah > History
- Trading posts > Colorado > History
- Indian traders > Utah > History
- Indian traders > Colorado > History
- Navajo Indians > Social life and customs
- Navajo Indians > Four Corners Region > History
- Trading posts > Four Corners Region > History
- Commerce
- Indian traders
- Navajo Indians
- Trading posts
- HISTORY / Native American
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
- Four Corners Region > Commerce
- Four Corners Region > History
- Colorado
- United States > Four Corners Region
- Utah
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Of songs, prayers, and spirit: Navajo relationships and property concepts -- Setting the stage: traditional trading practices -- Thinking about architecture: Navajo values in the home and at the post -- Building bonds, trading goods: the Navajo post experience -- Standing behind the counter: the qualifications and qualities of a trader -- Exchanging wealth: stock and livestock -- Weaving a lifestyle: rugs and pawn -- Social life at the posts: ladies, law, and laughter -- Beginning relationships: early posts along the San Juan, 1878-1900 -- A different view at the posts: Ute and Navajo trade, 1880-1940 -- Posts as economic exciters: the heyday of Navajo trade, 1900-1935 -- The end of an era: boom, bust, and livestock reduction, 1920-1940 -- Epilogue: post trading post.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-11257
- ISBN
- 9780806157450
- 0806157453
- LCCN
- 2017001745
- OCLC
- 970042769
- Author
- McPherson, Robert S., 1947- author.
- Title
- Both sides of the bullpen : Navajo trade and posts / Robert S. McPherson.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-11257