{"product_id":"the-plains-indians-volume-19-paperback","title":"The Plains Indians: Volume 19 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul H. Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the Plains Indians, the period from 1750 to 1890, often referred to as the traditional period, was an evolutionary time. Horses and firearms, trade goods, shifting migration patterns, disease pandemics, and other events associated with extensive European contact led to a peak of Plains Indian influence and success in the early nineteenth century. Ironically, that same European contact ultimately led to the devolution of traditional Plains Indian society, and by 1870 most Plains Indian peoples were living on reservations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Plains Indians\u003c\/i\u003e Paul H. Carlson charts the evolution and growth of the Plains Indians through this period of constant change. Carlson examines, among other aspects of these tribal groups, the horse and bison culture, the economy and material culture, trade and diplomacy, and reservation life. In its examination of cultural change, \u003ci\u003eThe Plains Indians\u003c\/i\u003e relies heavily on Indian voices and stresses an Indian viewpoint. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarlson argues that the Plains Indians were neither passive recipients of these cultural changes nor helpless victims. They took what was new and adapted it to and integrated it into their own culture. Even when faced with a significantly altered life on the reservations, the Plains Indians, \"without abandoning their cultural base[, ] . . . adopted sedentary lifeways and shifted \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003etoward new life patterns, new sodalities, and different characteristics of community.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarlson also investigates the role of the environment in the lives of the plains tribal groups. The ecological exploitation of bison was an integral part of their society; both their material and spiritual worlds depended on bison. The Plains Indians, while not living in perfect harmony with the environment, to some extent adjusted their hunting practices, religious ceremonies, and social organization to the seasons, the bison, and other environmental factors, such as the herding requirements of their horses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plains Indians\u003c\/i\u003e is a clear, well written narrative history of the Plains Indians during a vital and well known era in Indian and American history. Those interested in Indian anthropology and history will value this cohesive overview of Plains Indian society and culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAUL H. CARLSON professor of history at Texas Tech University. He has written numerous articles on frontier history and Texas history and is the author of five previous books, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire Builder in the Texas Panhandle: William Henry Bush\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePecos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Bill\" A Military Biography of William R. Shafter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9.02 x 6.03 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47279772107001,"sku":"9780890968178","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Vk1hNnRWSGRLUGloM2FxZWRMZVVWdz09.webp?v=1769026869","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-plains-indians-volume-19-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}