Captives and Cousins Lauren J. Germain and listening for the word

and listening for the word

This book supports those studying the Early Years and Early Childhood to explore the wide range of issues and factors that impact on children's communication and language development

a dynamic interplay between human beings and their surroundings embodying attempts to understand

this book works well on several levels

Captives and Cousins Lauren J. Germain and listening for the wordThis sweeping, richly evocative study examines the origins and legacies of a flourishing captive exchange economy within and among Native American and Euroamerican communities throughout the Southwest Borderlands from the Spanish colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. Indigenous and colonial traditions of capture, servitude, and kinship met and meshed in the borderlands, forming a ""slave system"" in which victims symbolized social wealth,