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The European and the Indian : essays in the ethnohistory of colonial North America / James Axtell.
Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Axtell explores the cultural adjustments that occurred when white Europeans met and attempted to "civilize" the native Americans. He explodes a number of popular myths and illustrates how having the Indians as adversaries helped mold an American identity, leading to the American Revolution.
Record details
- ISBN: 0195029046
- ISBN: 0195029038 :
- ISBN: 9780195029031
- ISBN: 0195029046 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780195029048 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 1981.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The ethnohistorical approach -- 1. Ethnohistory: an historian's viewpoint -- 2. The unkindest cut, or who invented scalping?: a case study -- From Indian to European -- 3. The invasion within: the contest of cultures in colonial North America -- 4. Dr. Wheelock's little red school -- 5. Last rights: the acculturation of native funerals in colonial North America -- From European to Indian -- 6. The scholastic philosophy of the wilderness -- 7. The white Indians of colonial America -- 8. Scalping: the ethnohistory of a moral question -- American encounter -- 9. The English colonial impact on Indian culture -- 10. The Indian impact on English colonial culture.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .C89 A98 1981 | 269418 | Stacks | Available | - |
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