Bashful No Longer: An Alaskan Eskimo Ethnohistory, 1778-1988

by Wendell H. Oswalt

Book Overview

Traditionally the Kuskokwim Eskimos of southwestern Alaska valued restraint, modesty, and deference-traits for which they adopted the English word bashful. However, since their first encounter with Western culture two hundred years ago, these people have become much less willing to defer to Westerners. Bashful No Longer-based on Russian-American Company records; writings of traders, missionaries, and explorers; newspaper accounts; and fieldwork conducted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806142502
• ISBN13: 9780806142500
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"