First Americans: A History of Native Peoples
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- Synopsis
- We were troubled, too, that so many students view Native American history apart from the larger flow of human events nationally and internationally, and that U.S. history survey texts as well as Native American history texts present native studies and history as a compartmentalized subject, one seldom connected to continental or global events. Survey courses in U.S. history typically direct scant attention to native peoples in North America, the minimal space assigned to American Indians generally focused on Native Americans as momentary impediments to continental conquest or as reluctant but eventually successful adopters of mainstream American culture. Moreover, native peoples nearly vanish from sight as the twentieth century unfolds. Finally, the narrative common to existing textbooks does not include an Indian voice. For these reasons, and many more, we assigned ourselves the task of producing a Native American textbook that completes the story and includes the native perspective.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780132069489
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Date of Addition:
- 08/29/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Taylor & Francis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.