The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press) - Brossura

Jennings, Francis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0807871443 ISBN 13: 9780807871447

Casa editrice: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 2010

Riassunto

In this iconoclastic book, Francis Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent--a "virgin land" in which Native Americans were assigned the role of foil whose main contribution was to stimulate the energy and ingenuity of European dispossessors. Jennings rejects this ideology and examines the relationships between Europeans and Indians from a far more critical point of view. Shorn of old mythology and rationalizations, Puritan actions are seen in the cold light of material interest and naked expansion.

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L'autore:

Francis Jennings (1918-2000) was director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the American Indian at Chicago's Newberry Library. His many other books include Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America and The Creation of America: Through Revolution to Empire.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

In this iconoclastic book, Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. Shorn of old mythology and rationalizations, Puritan actions are seen in the cold light of material interest and naked expansion.

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• Editore: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0807871443
• ISBN 13: 9780807871447
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 388