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• ISBN: 0520206169 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780520206168 (cloth : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xvi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-365) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

PART I: BACKGROUND AND METHODS: An overview of Northwest Coast cultures -- The study of Northwest Coast slavery -- Methods and sources -- PART II: NORTHWEST COAST SLAVERY: Slaves and masters described -- The production of slaves -- Slave labor -- Transactions in slaves -- Slaves and ritual -- The scale of slavery on the Northwest Coast -- PART III: NORTHWEST COAST SLAVERY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT: The antiquity of Northwest Coast Slavery -- Changes in slavery, 1780-1880 -- PART IV: NORTHWEST COAST SLAVERY IN PERSPECTIVE: Captivity and slavery in aboriginal North American culture -- Class on the Northwest Coast -- The place of slavery in Northwest Coast culture.

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Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > History.
Slavery > Northwest Coast of North America > History.
Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Economic conditions.
Indians of North America > Northwest Coast of North America > Social conditions.