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Informationen zum Autor Bruce Elliott Johansen is an American academic and author. He is the Frederick W. Kayser Professor of Communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is the author or editor of many books and articles, notably on environmental and Native American issues. Klappentext Covering Central America! the United States! and Canada! this book not only provides an introduction to the history of North American Indians! but also offers a description of the material and intellectual ways that Native American cultures have influenced the life and institutions of people across the globe. Zusammenfassung Covering Central America! the United States! and Canada! this book not only provides an introduction to the history of North American Indians! but also offers a description of the material and intellectual ways that Native American cultures have influenced the life and institutions of people across the globe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. Early Indigenous North America: An Overview 2. Mexico and Mesoamerica: Beginnings to European Contact 3. Native America Meets Europe: The Colonial Era 4. The Transfer of Ideas: Native Confederacies and the Evolution of Democracy 5. The Explosion Westward: The Accelerating Speed of Frontier Movement 6. The Northwest Coast and California 7. The Frontier Closes on the Southwest and Great Plains 8. The Rise of the "Vanishing Race": Native American Adaptations to Assimilation 9. A People's Revival—1961 to 1990: Native Self-Determination 10. Majority Culture Borrowings from Native American Peoples Cultures 11. Contemporary Issues in Native AmericaSelected Bibliography Index
