New Peoples: Being & Becoming Métis in North America (Manitoba Studies in Native History, Book 1) - Softcover

Brown, Jennifer S.H.; Peterson, Jacqueline; Thomas, Robert K.; Giraud, Marcel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873514084 ISBN 13: 9780873514088

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001

Synopsis

This is the first major work to explore in a North American context the dimensions and meanings of a process fundamental to the European invasion and colonisation of the western hemisphere: the intermingling of European and Native American peoples. This book is not about racial mixture, however, but rather about ethnogenesis — about how new peoples, new ethnicities, and new nationalities come into being.

About this title

About the Author:

Jennifer S.H. Brown is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Peoples in an Urban and Regional Context, and Director of the Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at the University of Winnipeg. She is the author of "Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country" (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996).

Review:

"An indispensable introduction to the complexity of MÈtis communities." (American Historical Review)

"A significant contribution to our understanding of this recent field of historic endeavour." (Canadian Historical Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0873514084
• ISBN 13: 9780873514088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290