Duane Champagne

Social Change and Cultural Continuity among Native Nations

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Produktbeschreibung

Defining the parameters of social change for Native Nations in the 21st century.

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Produktdetails

• Contemporary Native American Communities Nr.19
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780759110007
• ISBN-10: 075911000X
• Artikelnr.: 21946934

Autorenporträt

Duane Champagne is professor of sociology, director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center at UCLA, and a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa from North Dakota. He has authored and edited over 75 publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Renewing American Indian Nations: Cosmic Communities and
Spiritual Autonomy Part 1 Culture, Institutional Order and World View
Chapter 2 The Cultural and Institutional Foundations of Native American
Conservatism Part 2 Economic, Political and Cultural Relations Among
Colonizing Nations Chapter 3 Tribal Capitalism and Native Capitalists:
Multiple Pathways of Native Economy Part 3 Change and Continuity Chapter 4
Renewing Tribal Governments: Uniting Political Theory and Sacred
Communities Chapter 5 Self Government from Time Immemorial Chapter 6 A
Multidimensional Theory of Colonialism: The Native North American
Experience Chapter 7 Native Directed Social Change in Canada and the United
States Chapter 8 Border Towns Chapter 9 Ramona Redeemed? The Rise of Tribal
Political Power in California Chapter 10 Toward a Multidimensional
Historical-Comparative Methodology: Context, Process, and Causality Chapter
11 The Delaware Revitalization Movement onf the Early 1760s: A Suggested
Reinterpretation Chapter 12 Colonial and Contemporary Religious Movements
Chapter 13 Culture, Differentiation, and Environment: Social Change in the
Tlingit Society Chapter 14 Economic Incorporation, Political Change, and
Cultural Preservation among the Northern Cheyenne Chapter 15 Indigenous
Strategies for Engaging Globalism Chapter 16 Native Issues in the 21st
Century

Rezensionen

Duane Champagne provides a sophisticated analysis on how Native Americans seek/sought to maintain or restore political and cultural autonomy in the face of overwhelming outside pressures pushing them toward individual and collective assimilation. Through a variety of impressive case studies ranging from Alaska to the Mid-Atlantic region, he carefully shows that indigenous communities' resistance is/was rooted in their own beliefs and cultural traditions, and that their quest for self-determination cannot be simply understood or explained using contemporary social science theory or terminology. His excellent work is a call for scholars to study more thoroughly how indigenous communities conceptualize resistance, by exploring in greater depth Native American beliefs, cultures and languages rather than rely altogether on western models. -- Laurence M. Hauptman, SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, SUNY-New Paltz Champagne's new book is a wonderful addition to his extensive body of excellent scholarship. Social Change and Cultural Continuity Among Native Nations presents classic sociological theories of social continuity and change in a very readable format. By using historical and current examples from a wide variety of American Indian and indigenous people groups, Champagne grounds the theoretical approaches and shows how groups respond and adapt to social pressures. Social Change and Cultural Continuity Among Native Nations is a must-read for instructors and students of social and cultural change - and anyone else with an inquiring mind! -- Robert J. Graham, Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Lee University Deeply grounded in the struggles and achievements of Native Americans, Social Change and Cultural Continuity Among Native Nations challenges the United States, and the whole world, to learn from indigenous people. In this powerful series of essays, Duane Champagne provides a deeply theorized and empirically informed overview of contemporary Native American life. Economic, political, social, and cultural issues receive thorough and respectful treatment in Champagne's experienced and articulate analysis. This long-overdue book is an essential text for social science and ethnic studies courses. Indispensable and highly recommended! -- Howard Winant, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of The World Is a Ghetto: Race and Democracy Since World War II Demonstrating an amazing breadth of historical knowledge and a solid command of social change theories, Champagne offers an engaging comparative study of Native politics, economy, and culture. Throughout the volume, Champagne is attentive to context -- the legacy of colonial domination, the history of indigenous institutional change, and the uncertain future of globalization. In highlighting the richness of indigenous perspectives, the essays presented here help us rethink our understanding of spiritual communities, the state and political governance, and the meaning of cultural preservation. -- Michael Omi, University of California, Berkeley