After Columbus - Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America

Zusatztext The essays are impressive ... Axtell writes with great sensitivity, humanity, and insight. Klappentext This volume comprises a new collection of essays--four previously unpublished--by James Axtell, author of the acclaimed The European and the Indian and The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America, and the foremost contemporary authority on Indian-European relations in Colonial North America. Arguing that moral judgements have a legitimate place in the writing of history, Axtell scrutinizes the actions of various European invaders--missionaries, traders, soldiers, and ordinary settlers--in the sixteenth century. Focusing on the interactions of Spanish, French, and English colonists with American Indians over the eastern half of the United States, he examines what the history of colonial America might have looked like had the New World truly been a "virgin land," devoid of Indians. Zusammenfassung This collection of essays--including four previously unpublshed--by one of our leading ethnohistorians examines a wide range of important and fascinating topics and will serve as an invaluable reader for students of ethnohistory and Native American history.

Product details

• Authors: James Axtell, James (Professor of Humanities Axtell, Axtell James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.1990
• EAN: 9780195053760
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505376-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; USA, North America, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / North America, Indigenous Peoples, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, North America (USA and Canada), History and Archaeology, C 1600 To C 1700, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans