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THE PEOPLE'S LAND; Eskimos and Whites in the Eastern Arctic

:

Brody, Hugh


1975

Very Useful
Book
Canadian Inuit
Referenced by: Alaska Yukon Library

Grade Level(s): 8, 9, 10, 11

Theme(s): Tribe/Community, Subsistence

Hugh Brody describes colonialism with great insight and good writing. This is a book about colonialsim of the Eskimos of Northeastern Canada by intruders from the South. "He tells how the Whites came as fur-traders and missionaries- and stayed on as administrators. How they transferred their suburban world incongrously to the north, where ....... they have built slums for the Eskimos and bungalows for themselves."New teachers to bush schools could learn much from this book.


ISBN0-14-021813-0

Information about the resource can be found at:
Alaska Yukon Library
Anchorage, AK
Telephone: (907) 474-5897
email: Alaska Yukon Library

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