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Unfair labor? : American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
- Title
- Unfair labor? : American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago / David R. M. Beck.
- Author
- Beck, David, 1956-
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xxviii, 299 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Unfair Labor? breaks new ground by telling the stories of individual laborers, naming names, and uncovering the untold story of the roles that Native Americans involved in the 1893 World's Fair played in the changing economic conditions of tribal peoples and redefining their place in the American socioeconomic landscape"--
- Subjects
- Indians of North America > Employment
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) > Influence
- World's Columbian Exposition
- Indians of North America > Social conditions > 19th century
- 1800-1899
- Indians of North America > Employment > History > 19th century
- Indians of North America > Economic conditions > 19th century
- History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction - Part 1: Overview: American Indians and ethnology at the fair. Fair representation? ; Evolution of the American Indian displays at the fair - Part 2: Before the fair : making money at home. Native people collecting for the fair ; The Department of Ethnology collecting for the fair ; Government agencies collecting for the fair - Part 3: During the fair : working in Chicago. Working the anthropological and education displays ; Working for commercial displays ; Those left out -- Afterword/afterward: American Indians and their New World - Appendix: American Indians and other indigenous people affiliated with the United States at the fair.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-2876
- ISBN
- 9781496206831
- 1496206835
- LCCN
- 2018051871
- OCLC
- 1064750571
- Author
- Beck, David, 1956- author. Author
- Title
- Unfair labor? : American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago / David R. M. Beck.
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-2876