The Deadly Politics Of Giving: Exchange And Violence At Ajacan, Roanoke, And Jamestown
by Dr. Seth Mallios /
2006 / English / PDF
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A clash of cultures on the North American continent.
A clash of cultures on the North American continent.
With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory,
this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North
American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish
Jesuits at Ajacan (1570–72) and English settlers at Roanoke
Island (1584–90) and Jamestown Island (1607–12). It is an
anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European
violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to
intercultural strife during the late 1500s and early 1600s,
destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and nearly destroying Jamestown.
With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory,
this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North
American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish
Jesuits at Ajacan (1570–72) and English settlers at Roanoke
Island (1584–90) and Jamestown Island (1607–12). It is an
anthropological and ethnohistorical study of how European
violations of Algonquian gift-exchange systems led to
intercultural strife during the late 1500s and early 1600s,
destroying Ajacan and Roanoke, and nearly destroying Jamestown.
