Native Americans, the Market Revolution, and Culture Change: The Choctaw Cattle Economy, 1690-1830

Title: Native Americans, the Market Revolution, and Culture Change: The Choctaw Cattle Economy, 1690-1830
Creator: James T. Carson See all items with this value
Date: 1997
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Bibliographic Citation: Carson, James Taylor. 1997. Native Americans, the Market Revolution, and Culture Change: The Choctaw Cattle Economy, 1690-1830. Agricultural History 71(1): 1-18.
annotates: In this article, Carson studies the adoption and use of cattle by the Choctaw between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. Carson argues that Choctaw culture structured their adoption of cattle and by extension, their engagement within the market economy. This article’s scope, framework, and source material are similar to his prior article on horses in the Choctaw nation. Using linguistic analysis and contemporary accounts of Choctaw herding, Carson pays special attention to how traditional Choctaw gender roles informed how men and women saw and used cattle in different ways. This article compliments his prior work, and together they present a counterpoint to White’s suggestion that the market economy was a purely destabilizing force and provide the Choctaw with more agency than White (1983) did in his book.
Subject: Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value; Chahta Culture See all items with this value; Commerce See all items with this value; Cultural Accommodation See all items with this value; Alabama See all items with this value; Mississippi See all items with this value
Temporal Coverage: Postcontact See all items with this value; 18th Century See all items with this value; 19th Century See all items with this value

Item sets: Anthropological Sources