The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture,
By: Francis Jennings (author)PaperbackOnly 1 in stock
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This title revisits the history of American colonization. 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.About Author
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.Product Details
- publication date: 28/02/2010
- ISBN13: 9780807871447
- Format: Paperback
- Number Of Pages: 392
- ID: 9780807871447
- ISBN10: 0807871443
- edition: New edition
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