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'Richard White's study of the collapse into 'dependency' of three Native American subsistence economies represents the best kind of interdisciplinary effort. Here ideas and approaches from several fields - mainly anthropology, history, and ecology - are fruitfully combined in one inquiring mind closely focused on a related set of large, salient problems...A very sophisticated study, a 'best read' in Indian history' - "American Historical Review". 'This book is original, enlightening, and rewarding. It points the way to a holistic manner in which tribal histories and studies of Indian-white relations should be written in the future. It can be recommended to anyone interested in Indian affairs, particularly in the question of the present-day dependency plight of the tribes' - Alvin M. Josephy, Junior, "Western Historical Quarterly".'"The Roots of Dependency" is a model study. With a provocative thesis tightly argued, it is extensively researched and well written. The nonreductionist, interdisciplinary approach provides insight heretofore beyond the range of traditional methodologies...To the historiography of the American Indian this book is an important addition' - W.David Baird, "A

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Author

Richard White

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585318714

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Social Science, History

Rating

3.73 / 5 (61 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14