{"product_id":"searching-for-the-bright-path-9780803264175","title":"Searching for the Bright Path","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the Choctaws from their origins in the Mississippian cultures of late prehistory to the early nineteenth century, this work shows how the Choctaws struggled to adapt to life in a New World altered radically by contact while retaining their sense of identity and place. It also makes a theoretical contribution to ethnohistory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A model of clarity and concision.” —\u003ci\u003eWilliam and Mary Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carson provides an unusually balanced and nuanced interpretation of the Choctaws’ experience from prehistoric times to the removal from their homeland that began in 1830. . . . This study offers an important corrective to what has been an oversimplified historical picture.”—\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The genius of the work is the author’s ability to weave the account of Choctaw history around major themes in Choctaw tradition, or what he calls ‘moral economy.’ . . . It also provides valuable new insights into the dynamics of culture and historical change.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405267018071,"sku":"9780803264175","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/searching-for-the-bright-path-9780803264175","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}