First published in 1956, this book traces the progress of the Cherokee people, beginning with their native social and political establishments, and gradually unfurling to include their assimilation into “white civilization.” Henry Thompson Malone deals mainly with the social developments of the Cherokees, analyzing the processes by which they became one of the most civilized Native American tribes. He discusses the work of missionaries, changes in social customs, government, education, language, and the bilingual newspaper The Cherokee Phoenix. The book explains how the Cherokees developed their own hybrid culture in the mountainous areas of the South by inevitably following in the white man’s footsteps while simultaneously holding onto the influences of their ancestors.

Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition

History

Malone, Henry Thompson

Americas

University of Georgia Press

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Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition