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- catalog abstract "The lifestyle of American Indians before European settlers arrived several centuries ago is often held up today as a model of environmental sensitivity and communitarian cooperation. But is it really true? In this bold book, Terry Anderson debunks much of the romanticism surrounding American Indian culture. American Indians, he argues, developed forms of property rights, contracts, and market exchanges resembling those used by modern Western cultures. Anderson further argues that much of the poverty among Indian tribes living on reservations today is due to U.S. government policies that deprive Indians of their property rights and impose collective decision making on them unnaturally. We do a great disservice to Indians, Anderson concludes, by imposing on them not only our bureaucracy but also a romantic image of Indian life that does not square with the historical record.".
- catalog contributor b9442523.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Culture, Property Rights, and Paradigms -- Ch. 2. The Red Man's Law -- Ch. 3. Adaptation for Survival -- Ch. 4. The Political Economy of Indian-White Relations -- Ch. 5. Bureaucracy versus Indians -- Ch. 6. The Legacy of Allotment -- Ch. 7. Constitutions and Culture -- Ch. 8. Myths, Legends, and Lessons.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index.".
- catalog description "The lifestyle of American Indians before European settlers arrived several centuries ago is often held up today as a model of environmental sensitivity and communitarian cooperation. But is it really true? In this bold book, Terry Anderson debunks much of the romanticism surrounding American Indian culture. American Indians, he argues, developed forms of property rights, contracts, and market exchanges resembling those used by modern Western cultures. Anderson further argues that much of the poverty among Indian tribes living on reservations today is due to U.S. government policies that deprive Indians of their property rights and impose collective decision making on them unnaturally. We do a great disservice to Indians, Anderson concludes, by imposing on them not only our bureaucracy but also a romantic image of Indian life that does not square with the historical record.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 202 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Sovereign nations or reservations?".
- catalog identifier "0936488816".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sovereign nations or reservations?".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco, CA : Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network,".
- catalog relation "Sovereign nations or reservations?".
- catalog spatial "Great Plains".
- catalog subject "330.973/008997 20".
- catalog subject "E98.E2 A53 1995".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Great Plains Economic conditions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Culture, Property Rights, and Paradigms -- Ch. 2. The Red Man's Law -- Ch. 3. Adaptation for Survival -- Ch. 4. The Political Economy of Indian-White Relations -- Ch. 5. Bureaucracy versus Indians -- Ch. 6. The Legacy of Allotment -- Ch. 7. Constitutions and Culture -- Ch. 8. Myths, Legends, and Lessons.".
- catalog title "Sovereign nations or reservations? : an economic history of American Indians / Terry L. Anderson.".
- catalog type "text".