Bashful no longer : an Alaskan Eskimo ethnohistory, 1778-1988 /

Bashful no longer : an Alaskan Eskimo ethnohistory, 1778-1988 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Oswalt, Wendell H.
Imprint:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1990.
Description:	xviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Civilization of the American Indian ; v. 199 Civilization of the American Indian series v. 199.
Subject:	Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Kuskokwim River Valley -- History. Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Kuskokwim River Valley -- Cultural assimilation. Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Kuskokwim River Valley -- Ethnic identity. Eskimos. Social conditions Yupik Eskimos. Kuskokwim River Valley (Alaska) -- Social conditions. Alaska -- Kuskokwim River Valley.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1021888

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ISBN:	0806122560 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	Traces the change of the Kuskokwim Eskimos of southwestern Alaska from an ethic of modesty and deference to one of self-assertion in response to the aggressive behavior of first Russian, and then American traders and settlers. Oswalt (anthropology, UCLA) augments his field work with Russian-American
Physical Description:	xviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0806122560