The role of hunting to cope with risk at Saragossa plantation, Natchez, Mississippi

American Anthropologist

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 692-704

  Young, Amy L ^a   Tuma, Michael ^b   Jenkins, Cliff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Brian F Smith and Associates   (United States)

^c Mississippi Dept Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Hunting; Risk management; Slavery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035527859     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2001.103.3.692     Document Type: Article

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