Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540-1866
- ISBN-10
- 0870495305
- ISBN-13
- 9780870495304
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Univ. of Tennessee Press
- Author
- Theda Perdue
Description
Explores how the Cherokee altered their social and political structure, and economic system to adapt to the European value system during the colonization of the New World
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