Food, Control, and Resistance: Rations and Indigenous Peoples in the United States and South Australia

by Tamara J. Levi

Book Overview

An essential component of every culture, food offers up much more than mere sustenance. Food is also important in religion, ceremony, celebration, and cultural knowledge and transmission. Colonial governments were well aware of the cultural importance of food. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, governments manipulated rations in attempts to control indigenous movement, induce culture change and assimilation, decrease indigenous independence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896729648
• ISBN13: 9780896729643
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"