Description
Book SynopsisMakes a significant contribution to the understanding of the role North American households played in long-term cultural change after contact with European traders and settlers.
Trade Review"[
Households and Hegemony] is a well-written, thought provoking book. . . . Wesson forced me to rethink my understandings of habitus and hegemony, as well as the historic period transformation of Creek households."—Thomas J. Pluckhahn,
Journal of Southern History"Those historians . . . who approach Wesson's evidence and his book itself with both an open mind and an appreciation for the potential of interdisciplinary conversation will find a great deal that is challenging, worthwhile, and, in the end, impressive."—Joshua Piker,
HistorianTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Social Agents, Hegemony, and Households
2. The Creek Social Universe
3. Creek-European Interactions
4. Changing Creek Households
Conclusions
Appendix of Tables
Bibliography
Index
