Wage Labor and Social Change: The Proletariat in Asia and the Pacific. Edited by Michael Pinches and Salim Lakha. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1992. Distributed by Cellar Book Shop. viii, 283 pp. $14.25.

1994 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-150
Author(s):  
Frederic Deyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Wage Labor ◽  
Quezon City ◽  
Book Shop ◽  
The Pacific

scholarly journals “These Indians Are Apparently Well to Do”: The Myth of Capitalism and Native American Labor

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-470
Author(s):  
Vera Parham
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Wage Labor ◽  
Capitalist Development ◽  
North West ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
American Labor

SummaryIn many histories of Native Americans it seems that the original inhabitants of the Americas have become obscured in the national mythology of colonization. People who do not fit into the liberal capitalist notion of individualism and economic development simply vanish from the annals of history. Even histories focused specifically on Native Americans cover relatively little of Indian responses to capitalist development. Yet, in the Pacific north-west, the story is not written so simply; Native Americans responded creatively and eagerly to new economic systems through participation in wage labor and the development of business ventures. This response allowed indigenous people in the region to prosper while protecting culture and tradition.

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