From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite
Author | : Marybelle Mitchell |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : 0773513744 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780773513747 |
Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Download or read book From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite written by Marybelle Mitchell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite traces the development of class relations and collective identity among Canadian Inuit over several centuries of contact with Western capitalism. Marybelle Mitchell provides a complete history of Inuit-white relations, starting with the first contact with European explorers in the sixteenth century and ending with ratification of the Nunavut proposal to create an Inuit homeland through division of the Northwest Territories.