In order to live untroubled : Inuit of the central Arctic, 1550-1940 / Renée Fossett.

Author/creator Fossett, Renée
Format Book
Publication InfoWinnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxxii, 336 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Empty dishes and days of feasting: human habitation of arctic North America to 1550 -- Strangers are necessarily hostile: war and the protection of resources, 1550-1670 -- Fear when winter comes: migration and the search for resources, 1670-1700 -- The degree of cold: subsistence and survival, 1790-1830 -- Memories of hunger: windfalls, surplus, and scarcity, 1830-1860 -- Skin for soles, moss for wicks: the search for predictability, 1860-1940 -- The experience of dead generations: social organization, worldview, and survival.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0887551718 (bound)
ISBN0887556477 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E99.E7 F596 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold