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Beyond 1492

Encounters in Colonial North America

Autor: James Axtell

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Editura: Oxford University Press Inc

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In this provocative and timely collection of essays--five published for the first time--one of the m...

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Autor

James Axtell

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engleză

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Publicat

1992

Pagini

400

EAN

9780195080339

ISBN

0195080335

Enbook ID

04513086

Editura

Oxford University Press Inc

Greutate

535

Dimensiuni

140 x 216 x 22

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In this provocative and timely collection of essays--five published for the first time--one of the most important ethnohistorians writing today, James Axtell, explores the key role of imagination both in our perception of strangers and in the writing of history. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of Columbus's "discovery" of America, this collection covers a wide range of topics dealing with American history. Three essays view the invasion of North America from the perspective of the Indians, whose land it was. The very first meetings, he finds, were nearly always peaceful. Other essays describe native encounters with colonial traders--creating "the first consumer revolution"--and Jesuit missionaries in Canada and Mexico. Despite the tragedy of many of the encounters, Axtell also finds that there was much humor in Indian-European negotiations over peace, sex, and war. In the final section he conducts searching analyses of how college textbooks treat the initial century of American history, how America's human face changed from all brown in 1492 to predominantly white and black by 1792, and how we handled moral questions during the Quincentenary. He concludes with an extensive review of the Quincentenary scholarship--books, films, TV, and museum exhibits--and suggestions for how we can assimilate what we have learned.

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