The Potlatch Papers
A Colonial Case History

283 pages
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9 halftones, 2 maps
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 1997
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Maps
Send-Off
Folding
Three Zones
Limit
Fold
Gift
Giving
Nameless Distribution
The Mark of Expenditure
Patlach
Encountering Language
Words and Things
A Double Inscription
Doctoring
Correspondences
Potlack
White Purveyors
The Textual Gift
Destroying Property
Sacrifice
At the Limit, Fire
Eating
Giving Eating
Remembering Death
White Cannibals
Poet of Memory
Summary Offenses
Exact Information
Epilogue
The Image and the Gift
Another Fold
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Maps
Send-Off
Folding
Three Zones
Limit
Fold
Gift
Giving
Nameless Distribution
The Mark of Expenditure
Patlach
Encountering Language
Words and Things
A Double Inscription
Doctoring
Correspondences
Potlack
White Purveyors
The Textual Gift
Destroying Property
Sacrifice
At the Limit, Fire
Eating
Giving Eating
Remembering Death
White Cannibals
Poet of Memory
Summary Offenses
Exact Information
Epilogue
The Image and the Gift
Another Fold
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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