American Indian History: A Documentary Reader

$111.95

ISBN: 9781405159074
Dewey: 970.00497
LCC Number: E77
Author: Camilla Townsend
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Pages: 264
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This latest volume in Wiley-Blackwell’s ‘Uncovering the Past’ series conveys 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 centuries| 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.

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This “Reader” from the “Uncovering the Past ” series provides a comprehensive introduction to American Indian history. Over 60 primary documents allow the voices of natives to illuminate the American past Includes samples of native languages just above the full translations of particular texts Provides comprehensive introductions and headnotes| as well as images| an extensive bibliography| and suggestions for further research Includes such texts as a decoded Maya inscription| letters written during the French and Indian War on the distribution of small pox blankets| and a diatribe by General George Armstrong Custer shortly before he was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn

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Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 9 × 6.1 × 0.6 in
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