Cherokees in Transition: A Study of Changing Culture and Environment Prior to 1775 (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers Book 181)

Cherokees in Transition offers a comprehensive description from an eco-historical perspective of the multitudinous changes that occurred within the Cherokee cultural-environmental system during the period preceding the American Revolution. Frontmatter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (page iii) LIST OF TABLES (page vii) LIST OF FIGURES (page ix) I. INTRODUCTION (page 1) II. CHEROKEE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (page 6) III. PRECONTACT CHEROKEE HABITAT: SETTLEMENT PATTERNS (page 31) IV. PRECONTACT CHEROKEE HABITAT: PLANT ASSOCIATIONS (page 49) V. PRECONTACT CHEROKEE HABITAT: FAUNAL RESOURCES (page 66) VI. POSTCONTACT PERIOD: CHANGING SETTLEMENT PATTERNS (page 82) VII. MODIFICATIONS IN CULTURAL ECOLOGIC ASSOCIATIONS (page 125) VIII. SUMMARY (page 147) APPENDIX 1 (page 153) APPENDIX 2 (page 157) APPENDIX 3 (page 165) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 177)

Cherokees in Transition offers a comprehensive descriptionfrom an eco-historical perspective ofthe multitudinous changes that occurred within the Cherokee cultural-environmental system during the period preceding the American Revolution.