The Other Islanders
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Ethnohistorian Frances Karttunen documents the diversity of Nantucket's population through the centuries. Beginning with the people already resident when English settlement began in 1659, Karttunen chronicles survivals, arrivals, and changes.
Acknowledgments:
Thank
You
Introduction:
Strangers, Coofs and Washashores
Part I. Nantucket's First People of Color
The
Wampanoags
Table
of Contents
Part
1. The Ancient Proprietors
Part
2. Coexistence with the English
African
Nantucketers
Part
1. Out of Slavery
Part
2. Building Community
Part II. Ocean Islanders
Table of Contents
Part 1. Across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Part
2. Portuguese Atlantic Islands
Part
3. To and From Jamaica
Part III. Nantucket and The World's People
Table
of Contents
Nantucket
and the World's People
Part
IV. Coming to Work, Staying to Live
Table
of Contents
Coming
to Work, Staying to Live
Appendix
1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix
4
Bibliography
Frances Ruley Karttunen graduated from Nantucket High School in 1960 and holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics. Her publications include books about linguistics and ethnohistory. She retired from the University of Texas in 2000. Her research has been supported by a grant from the Nantucket Arts Council and a James Bradford Ames fellowship for 2000-2001.
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Frances Karttunen. All rights reserved.
