Charles R Menzies: 2 books
People of the Saltwater
An Ethnography of Git lax m'oon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
In People of the Saltwater, Charles R. Menzies explores the history of an ancient Tsimshian community, focusing on the people and their enduring place in the modern world. The GitxaaĊa Nation has called the rugged north coast of British Columbia home...
Red Flags and Lace Coiffes
Identity and Survival in a Breton Village
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
This book explores the question of why fishing communities continue their struggle to survive, despite often calamitous changes in ecology and economy. Using historical ethnography as a lens through which to understand how fishers of the Bigouden region of France and their families have reinvented...