Beyond 1492 : encounters in colonial North America /

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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 500thanniversary...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Axtell, James
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Collection:OUP E-Books.
Sujets:
Columbus, Christopher > Influence.
Colón, Cristóbal, > 1451-1506.
Columbus, Christopher
1500-1775
Indians of North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians of North America > History > 16th century.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
Discoveries in geography
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > Colonial period
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Culturele betrekkingen.
Indianen.
Europeanen.
North America > Discovery and exploration.
North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Amérique du Nord > Découverte et exploration.
Amérique du Nord > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
North America
Civilisation
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. History as Imagination
  • Views from the Shore. 2. Imagining the Other: First Encounters in North America. 3. The Exploration of Norumbega: Native Perspectives. 4. Native Reactions to the Invasion of America
  • Encounters Light and Dark. 5. The First Consumer Revolution. 6. Agents of Change: Jesuits in the Post-Columbian World. 7. Humor in Ethnohistory
  • 1492 and Beyond. 8. Europeans, Indians, and the Age of Discovery in American History Textbooks. 9. The Columbian Mosaic in Colonial America. 10. Moral Reflections on the Columbian Legacy. 11. Beyond 1992.

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