Unfair labor? : American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

Beck, David 1956- (author.).

Summary: "Unfair Labor? breaks new ground by telling the stories of individual laborers, naming names, and uncovering the untold story of the roles that Native Americans involved in the 1893 World's Fair played in the changing economic conditions of tribal peoples and redefining their place in the American socioeconomic landscape"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781496206831
ISBN: 1496206835
ISBN: 9781496214843
ISBN: 1496214846
ISBN: 9781496214850
ISBN: 1496214854
ISBN: 9781496214867
ISBN: 1496214862
Physical Description: print
xxviii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Fair representation? -- Evolution of the American Indian displays at the fair -- Native people collecting for the fair -- The Department of Ethnology collecting for the fair -- Government agencies collecting for the fair -- Working the anthropological and education displays -- Working for commercial displays -- Those left out -- Afterword/afterward: American Indians and their New World.