William R Swagerty
Biographic Data
| ID | 100645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Swagerty |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Swagerty |
| SIGNATURE | SWAGERTY W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Idaho |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ecology and Ethnogenesis
American historians know little about native peoples whose origins began in the Great Basin region who, at contact with Euroamericans, were living in the intermountain West. Adam R. Hodge seeks to correct that in this history of the Eastern Shoshone. His title says much about his subject and his methodology. Hodge approaches his subject with evidence used by ethnohistorians, including archaeology, landscape and wildlife ecology, linguistics, and …
The Spice of Popery
title for this work comes from the Puritan minister Increase Mather, who used the colorful metaphor to express his concern about the state of English Protestantism. Like many New Englanders, Mather s fears about the creeping influence of French Catholicism stemmed from English conflicts with France that spilled over into the colonial frontiers from French Canada. most consistently fragile of these frontiers was the Province of Maine, notorious fo…
Mapping Identity
Book Review| November 01 2005 Mapping Identity: The Creation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation,1805–1902 William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of the Pacific, Stockton Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2005) 27 (4): 117–118. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2005.27.4.117 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Ic…
Before Lewis and Clark
Journal Article Before Lewis and Clark: the Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty that Ruled America's Frontier Get access Before Lewis and Clark: the Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty that Ruled America's Frontier. By Christian Shirley. (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004. 509 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $27.00.) W. R. Swagerty W. R. Swagerty University of the Pacific Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
The Leviathan of the North
William I!.Swagerty "The Leviathan of the North" American Perceptions ofthe Hudson's BayCompany, 1816-1846 In the summer of 1833,while touring theUpper Missouri coun tryas a guest of Pierre Chouteau and theAmerican Fur Company (AFC), theGerman prince Maximilian witnessed a series of extraor dinary events. At FortMcKenzie, in the heart of Blackfeet country, he was present when David D. Mitchell, the chief clerk at the fort, intro duced Ninoch-Kiai…
The Lewis and Clark Journals
Review Article| November 01 2003 The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery WILLIAM R. SWAGERTY WILLIAM R. SWAGERTY University of the Pacific Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2003) 72 (4): 626–627. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2003.72.4.626 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitt…
Finding the West
Journal Article Finding the West: Explorations with Lewis and Clark Get access Finding the West: Explorations with Lewis and Clark. By Ronda James P.. Histories of the American Frontier Series (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2001. xii + 138 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $22.95.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of the Pacific Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Histor…
Urban Indians Before Columbus
From Mountain Man to Millionaire
Journal Article From Mountain Man to Millionaire: The “Bold and Dashing Life” of Robert Campbell. By William R. Nester. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999. xiv, 270 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8262-1218-2.) Get access William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 2, September 2000, Pages 660–661, ht…
Indians in the United States and Canada
Journal Article Indians in the United States and Canada: A Comparative History Get access Indians in the United States and Canada: A Comparative History. By Nichols Roger L.. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. xvii + 383 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $60.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar W…
Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader
Journal Article Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader Get access Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader. By Graves Laura. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. xx + 342 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $28.95.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 3, Autumn 1999, Pages 389–390, https://do…
People of the Dalles
People of The is a historical ethnography of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River (ancestors to peoples now located on the Warm Springs and Yakama reservations) between about 1805 and 1848. The book begins with early historical background reconstructed from the accounts of explorers and travelers, then presents the human geography, subsistence and economics, social structure, life-cycle ritua…
Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples
Journal Article Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples: Thirty Generations of a Montana Family. By James Hunter. (Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 1996. 224 pp. Cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-917298-51-9. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-917298-52-7.) Get access William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, Sep…
Voice of the Old Wolf
Journal Article Voice of the Old Wolf: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians Get access Voice of the Old Wolf: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians. By Evans Steven Ross. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1996. 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $32.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
The Jumanos
Native American Architecture
Chiefs and Chief Traders
Journal Article Chiefs and Chief Traders: Indian Relations at Fort Nez Percés, 1818–1855 Get access Chiefs and Chief Traders: Indian Relations at Fort Nez Percés, 1818–1855. By Stern Theodore. (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1993. xii + 272 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $33.95.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wes…
Disease and Demography in the Americas
The Juan Pardo Expeditions
America in 1492
The Canadian Fur Trade in the Industrial Age
Two Worlds
Journal Article Two Worlds: The Indian Encounter with the European, 1492–1509 Get access Two Worlds: The Indian Encounter with the European, 1492–1509. By Tyler S. Lyman. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1988. ix + 258 pp. Maps, appendix, notes, index. $25.00.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, Issu…
Jefferson and Southwestern Exploration
Scholars and the Indian Experience
Spanish Sea
Journal Article Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500–1685 Get access Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500–1685. By Weddle Robert S.. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1985. xvi + 457 pp. Illustrations, maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $34.50.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…
Their Number Become Thinned
Journal Article Their Number Become Thinned: Native American Population Dynamics in Eastern North America. By Henry F. Dobyns and William R. Swagerty. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983. xvii + 378 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.) Get access William Cronon William Cronon Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Is…
Jefferson and Southwestern Exploration
Urban Indians Before Columbus
Marriage and Settlement Patterns of Rocky Mountain Trappers and Traders
S ince the 1830s much ink has been devoted to that special occupational group of 3,000 or so men who participated in one of the more short-lived socioeconomic phenomena in American historythe fur trade of the Far West.' In all of our social history, no other category of Americans, with the exception of politicians, has received so much attention as this cadre of often overly romanticized, yet persistently charismatic, group of mythological and re…
The Fur Trade of the American West, 1807-1840
Journal Article The Fur Trade of the American West, 1807–1840: A Geographical Synthesis Get access The Fur Trade of the American West, 1807–1840: A Geographical Synthesis. By Wishart David J.. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1979. 237 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $15.00.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty Center for the History of the American Indian, Newberry Library Search for other works by this au…
Marriage and Settlement Patterns of Rocky Mountain Trappers and Traders
S ince the 1830s much ink has been devoted to that special occupational group of 3,000 or so men who participated in one of the more short-lived socioeconomic phenomena in American historythe fur trade of the Far West.' In all of our social history, no other category of Americans, with the exception of politicians, has received so much attention as this cadre of often overly romanticized, yet persistently charismatic, group of mythological and re…
Preliminary 1980 Census Counts for American Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts
Reported in Table 1 are advanced population counts, ranked by state, from the 1980 Census for American Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts obtained from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The total number enumerated of 1,418,195 includes 1,361,869 American Indians, 42,149 Eskimos and 14,177 Aleuts. This contrasts with the total enumeration of 827,268 (792,730 American Indians) in the 1970 Census, and the reported 9,900,000 Americans with some degree of Ameri…
Strangers in Blood
bias against the American Indian, rely too heavily on emotion and rhetoric, Trennert's calm narrative has its attractions.Still a soupçon of
Their Number Become Thinned
Journal Article Their Number Become Thinned: Native American Population Dynamics in Eastern North America. By Henry F. Dobyns and William R. Swagerty. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1983. xvii + 378 pp. Maps, charts, tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95.) Get access William Cronon William Cronon Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Is…
Scholars and the Indian Experience
Scholars and the Indian Experience
Journal Article Scholars and the Indian Experience: Critical Reviews of Recent Writing in the Social Sciences Get access Scholars and the Indian Experience: Critical Reviews of Recent Writing in the Social Sciences. Edited by Swagerty W. R.. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984. x + 268 pp. Bibliographies, index. $22.50, cloth; $9.95, paper.) Floyd A. O'Neil Floyd A. O'Neil American West Center University of Utah Search for other works by…
The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas
Scholars and the Indian Experience
Spanish Sea
Journal Article Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500–1685 Get access Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in North American Discovery, 1500–1685. By Weddle Robert S.. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1985. xvi + 457 pp. Illustrations, maps, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $34.50.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Googl…
Lewis and Clark among the Indians
Reviews direct, is another reason why anybody headed for a field experience in a native community should read this book.Getting a sense of what and how the Mesquakies taught McTaggart will help them understand what is in store for them.Such a lesson, indeed, would be good for all of us who come into contact with people of cultures
Jefferson and Southwestern Exploration
Two Worlds
Journal Article Two Worlds: The Indian Encounter with the European, 1492–1509 Get access Two Worlds: The Indian Encounter with the European, 1492–1509. By Tyler S. Lyman. (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1988. ix + 258 pp. Maps, appendix, notes, index. $25.00.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, Issu…
The Juan Pardo Expeditions
America in 1492
The Canadian Fur Trade in the Industrial Age
Native American Architecture
Chiefs and Chief Traders
Journal Article Chiefs and Chief Traders: Indian Relations at Fort Nez Percés, 1818–1855 Get access Chiefs and Chief Traders: Indian Relations at Fort Nez Percés, 1818–1855. By Stern Theodore. (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1993. xii + 272 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $33.95.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wes…
Disease and Demography in the Americas
Voice of the Old Wolf
Journal Article Voice of the Old Wolf: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians Get access Voice of the Old Wolf: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter and the Nez Perce Indians. By Evans Steven Ross. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1996. 198 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $32.00, cloth; $19.95, paper.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
The Jumanos
Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples
Journal Article Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples: Thirty Generations of a Montana Family. By James Hunter. (Helena: Montana Historical Society Press, 1996. 224 pp. Cloth, $29.95, ISBN 0-917298-51-9. Paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-917298-52-7.) Get access William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, Sep…
Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader
Journal Article Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader Get access Thomas Varker Keam, Indian Trader. By Graves Laura. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998. xx + 342 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $28.95.) William R. Swagerty William R. Swagerty University of Idaho Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 3, Autumn 1999, Pages 389–390, https://do…
People of the Dalles
People of The is a historical ethnography of the Chinookan (Wasco-Wishram) and Sahaptin peoples of The Dalles area of the Columbia River (ancestors to peoples now located on the Warm Springs and Yakama reservations) between about 1805 and 1848. The book begins with early historical background reconstructed from the accounts of explorers and travelers, then presents the human geography, subsistence and economics, social structure, life-cycle ritua…
Urban Indians Before Columbus
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