The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of ConquestThe cultural devastation of Atlantic coastal Indian tribes by European civilization, particularly New England Puritans, and the creation of an ideology to justify the cruelty are studied |
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User Review - languagehat - LibraryThingJennings was one of the first historians to assimilate the new understanding of what had happened to the thriving Indian civilizations of America when Europe crashed into them; the book fairly sizzles with his outrage, and it's an unforgettable read. Read full review
Contents
MYTHS OF THE MARCHLANDS | 1 |
Widowed hand | 15 |
Reciprocal Discovery | 32 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest American history / Native American studies Institute of Early American History and Culture Series |
| Author | Francis Jennings |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Sep 5, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0807812455, 9780807812457 |
| Length | 369 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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