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From talking chiefs to a native corporate élite : the birth of class and nationalism among Canadian Inuit

Title
From talking chiefs to a native corporate élite : the birth of class and nationalism among Canadian Inuit / Marybelle Mitchell.
Author
Mitchell, Marybelle, 1940-
Publication
Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.

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Description
xxiii, 533 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Series Statement
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 12
Uniform Title
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 12.
Subject
  • Inuit > Canada > Social conditions
  • Inuit > Canada > Government relations
  • Acculturation > Canada, Northern > History
  • Cooperative societies > Canada, Northern > History
  • Social classes > Canada, Northern
  • Cooperative societies > Canada, Northern
  • Acculturation
  • Cooperative societies
  • Inuit > Government relations
  • Inuit > Social conditions
  • Social classes
  • Gruppenidentität
  • Kulturkontakt
  • Eskimo's
  • Klassenverhoudingen
  • Nationale identiteit
  • Classes sociales > Canada (nord) > Histoire
  • Inuits > Canada > Relations avec l'État
  • Inuits > Canada > Conditions sociales
  • Inuits > Acculturation > Histoire. > Canada (nord)
  • Inuits > Canada > Histoire
  • Coopératives > Canada (nord)
  • Geschichte 1700-1993
  • Canada
  • Northern Canada
  • Kanada
  • Eskimo
  • Europäer
Genre/Form
  • Electronic books.
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-515) and index.
Contents
1. A New Perspective on Development -- 2. At the Brink of Transition: Inuit Relationships at First Contact -- 3. Explorers and Itinerant Traders -- 4. The Whalers: Indigenous Practices Are Both Bolstered and Undermined -- 5. Traders, Missionaries, and Police: A Community of Interest -- 6. Economic, Ideological, and Political Transformation -- 7. The Little Colombo Plan: The State Makes Its Presence Felt -- 8. The State Organizes Cooperatives for Eskimos -- 9. Canadian Arctic Producers: "A Business of Which There are Few Parallels" -- 10. Quebec Pursues a Separate Destiny -- 11. The Federal Government as Promoter and Gatekeeper of Inuit Art -- 12. The Northwest Territories Cooperatives Federate; Inuit Producers Gain Control of CAP, and Dorset Defects -- 13. Convergence: CAP and CACFL Amalgamate and Quebec and the NWT Shake Hands -- 14. Hunters Become Producers of Arts and Crafts: The Effect of the Cooperative on Inuit Work and Means of Production.
ISBN
  • 0773513744
  • 9780773513747
  • 9780773565807
  • 0773565809
LCCN
97160439
OCLC
  • ocm35185299
  • 35185299
  • SCSB-2129005
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library