The Other Side Of The Frontier: Economic

A collection of essays by renowned scholars of Native American economic history,The Other Side of the Frontierpresents one of the first in-depth studies of the complex interaction between the history of Native American economic development and the economic development of the United States at large. Although recent trends in the field of economics have encouraged the study of minority groups such as Asians and African Americans, little work has been done in Native American economic history. This text fills an existing gap in economic history literature and will help students come to a richer understanding of the effects that U.S. economic policy has had on the culture and development of its indigenous peoples.

Linda Barrington is an assistant professor of economics at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Editor's Introduction: Native Americans and U.S. Economic History	p. 1
Pre-Colonial Civilizations
Introduction: Relative Prices, Civilizations, and Evolving Institutions	p. 53
Economy, Ecology, and Institutions in the Emergence of Humankind	p. 57
The Mississippians and Economic Development Before European Colonization	p. 86
Institutional Change in the Indian Horse Culture	p. 103
Trade and Colonial Economies
Introduction: Intertwining Economies	p. 127
Property Rights and Competition in the Depletion of the Beaver: Native Americans and the Hudson's Bay Company, 1700-1763	p. 131
The Eighteenth-Century Southeastern American Indian Economy: Subsistence Versus Trade and Growth	p. 150
Westward Expansion
Introduction: The Economic Historian's Use and Sources of Data	p. 163
Could the Cherokee Have Survived in the Southeast?	p. 165
Land, Population, Prices, and the Regulation of Natural Resources: The Lake Superior Ojibwa, 1790-1920	p. 190
The Political Economy of Indian Wars	p. 206
Twentieth-Century Federalism
Introduction: The Political Economy and History of Allotment	p. 227
The Economics and Politics of Irrigation Projects on Indian Reservations, 1900-1940	p. 235
The Political Economy of the Hawaiian Home Lands Program	p. 259
About the Editor and Contributors	p. 287
Index	p. 289
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The Other Side Of The Frontier: Economic Explorations Into Native American History

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