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Becoming Native To This Place

The New World -- this empty land dazzlingly rich in forests, soils, rainfall, and mineral wealth -- was to represent a new beginning for civilized humanity. Unfortunately, even the best of the European settles had a stronger eye for conquest than for justice. Natives were in the way -- surplus peopl...

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Autor principal: Jackson, Wes
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: The University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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