Long recognized as a pioneering work in the ethnohistory of California, " Chiefs and Challengers, " when it first appeared, overturned the stereotype of Indian victimhood and revealed a complex political landscape in which Native peoples interacted with one another as much as they did with non-Indians intruding into their territories. Although historian George Harwood Phillips did not shy away from chronicling the mistreatment of Indians, he moved beyond that approach to examine Indian-white interactions from both Indian and white perspectives. This new edition describes the indigenous...
Long recognized as a pioneering work in the ethnohistory of California, " Chiefs and Challengers, " when it first appeared, overturned the stereot...
Indian labor was vital to the early economic development of the Los Angeles region. This first volume in the series Before Gold: California under Spain and Mexico explores for the first time Native contributions to early Southern California.
Indian labor was vital to the early economic development of the Los Angeles region. This first volume in the series Before Gold: California under Spai...
