A Most Pernicious Thing : Gun Trading and Native Culture in the Early Contact Period - Softcover

Given, Brian; Given, Brian, J.

 
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The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.

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Publisher: Carleton Univ Pr, 1994
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