Social Science Native American Studies
The Queen's People
A Study of Hegemony, Coercion, and Accommodation among the Okanagan of Canada
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 1991
- Category
- Native American Studies, General, Cultural
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802068279
- Publish Date
- Jun 1991
- List Price
- $47.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802058935
- Publish Date
- Jun 1991
- List Price
- $73.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442664661
- Publish Date
- Jun 1991
- List Price
- $87.00
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Description
An analysis of the realities of everyday life for Okanagan Indians on a reserve near Vernon. Carstens applies the peasant model to the study of reserve systems and finds significant correlations. Questions of class, status, power, and institutionalized inequality also come into play.
About the author
Peter Carstens is Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto.