The Great Encounter: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800

by Sokolow,Jayme A.

• ISBN13: 9780765609823
• ISBN10: 0765609827
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Traditional histories leave the impression that once Native American peoples came in contact with Europeans, their importance in history clearly waned as they became "marginalized." This groundbreaking study shows that this was never the case. By putting the story of the native peoples and their encounters with Europeans at the center, a new history emerges in which the indigenous peoples become vibrant and vitally important components of the British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese empires. Discussing these empires holistically, rather than in isolation from each other, provides a more coherent account of the colonial world. The book also considers what the history of the Western hemisphere in colonial times reveals about our contemporary society.

Author Biography

Jayme A. Sokolow has a doctorate in history from New York University. He has taught at the secondary and university levels, and he has served as a senior program officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has written about American and European reform movements and proposal management. Sokolow is the founding president of a proposal development services company. He and his family live in Silver Spring, Maryland

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction: Recovering Lost Worlds	3	(8)
Before the Wig and the Dress Coat	11	(26)
Toward a New World Order	37	(27)
Suffering a Great Misery	64	(24)
Rage Without Reason	88	(28)
Black Rainbows and Sinister Hailstorms	116	(24)
License My Roving Hands	140	(26)
Unacquainted with the Laws of the Civilized World	166	(26)
Beware of the Long Knives	192	(33)
After Columbus: Living in an Age of Missing Information	225	(12)
Notes	237	(38)
Glossary	275	(4)
Index	279	(18)
About the Author	297