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Informationen zum Autor Camilla Townsend is Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is the author of Tales of Two Cities: Race and Economic Culture in Early Republican North and South America (2000)! Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma (2004)! and Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico (2006). Klappentext "Unlike any other text, Townsend's accessible collection offers a much-needed gathering of documents in Native history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. It will be an invaluable resource for the undergraduate classroom." Gwenn Miller, College of the Holy Cross "Camilla Townsend's book is an ideal supplement for any course in Native American history. The documents here will introduce students to crucial aspects of the indigenous experience. More important, the texts testify to the richness of Native American cultures." Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California "Filled with a wide range of primary sources, Camilla Townsend's American Indian History: A Documentary Reader offers a comprehensive, yet manageable, resource for instructors wanting to inject more American Indian history into their American history survey courses." Troy Bickham, Texas A&M University This latest volume in Wiley-Blackwell's Uncovering the Past series supports the premise that indigenous intellects were the equal of European intellects at the moment of conquest, that the people suffered a long period of decline for varied reasons, and that in the recent past they have made great strides in asserting themselves once again. With nearly a third of the volume dedicated to the ancient world through the eighteenth century, Townsend allows the documents to illuminate the richness of American Indian historical traditions and the strength of the efforts they made when the crisis came. The volume then moves on to extensive coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, completing an integral study of the American Indian experience. Zusammenfassung American Indian History ! which covers the fifteenth century through the present day! illuminates the richness of American Indian historical traditions. Townsend devotes nearly a third of the volume to the ancient world through the eighteenth century and then moves on to extensive coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Indian Ways. 1. Maya Glyphs at Piedras Negras. 2. Ancient Nahuatl Prayers from the Florentine Codex. 3. Pueblo Bonito of Chaco Canyon. 4. Images of Secotan. 5. Two Versions of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Creation Story. 2. First Contact. 1. Arrival of the Spaniards in the Annals of Tlatelolco. 2. Response to the Spanish by Native Priests. 3. Don Luis Travels the World. 4. Arrival of the Dutch at Manhattan in Native Memory. 3. The Expectations of the Strangers. 1. Christopher Columbus's Journal. 2. Cabeza de Vaca's Experiences in North America. 3. Thomas Harriot's Observations at Roanoke. 4. John Smith's Visit to Werowocomoco. 5. Edward Waterhouse's Report on the Events of 1622. 4. The Long Struggle for American Lands. 1. A Jesuit's Story of the 1639 Smallpox Epidemic. 2. Gandeaktena's Decision to Become a Christian. 3. Metacom's Grievances. 4. Mary Rowlandson's Narrative. 5. The Declaration of a Rebellious Christian Indian in the Pueblo Revolt. 5. Eighteenth-Century Power Shifts. 1. The Refusal of Some English Prisoners to Return to English Life. 2. The Abenakis' Forceful Statement to the English. 3. The Chickasaws' Political Vision in 1723. 4. Sir Jeffery Amherst Suggests the Smallpox. 5. The Chickasaws after the Revolution. 6. George Washington's Indian Policy. 6. What the New Nation Portended for Indians. 1. Lewis and Clark in the Pacific Northwest. 2. Ru...
