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9781405143783

A Companion to American Indian History

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    9781405143783

  • ISBN10:

    1405143789

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

A Companion to American Indian History captures the thematic breadth of Native American history over the last forty years. Twenty-five original essays by leading scholars in the field, both American Indian and non-American Indian, bring an exciting modern perspective to Native American histories that were at one time related exclusively by Euro-American settlers. Contains 25 original essays by leading experts in Native American history. Covers the breadth of American Indian history, including contacts with settlers, religion, family, economy, law, education, gender issues, and culture. Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. Summarizes current debates and anticipates future concerns.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Introduction
Historiography
First Contacts
Health, Disease, Demography
Wag the Imperial Dog: Indians and Overseas Empires in North America, 1650-1776
Native Americans and the United States, Canada, and Mexico
Languages: Linguistic Change and the Study of Indian Languages from Colonial Times to the Present
Native American Systems of Knowledge
Native American Spirituality: History, Theory, and Reformulation
Indians and Christianity
Kinship, Family Kindreds, and Community
The Nature of Conquest: Indians, Americans, and Environmental History
Labor and Exchange in American Indian History
American Indian Warfare: The Cycles of Conflict and the Militarization of Native North America
Indian Law, Sovereignty, and State Law: Native People and the Law
Federal and State Policies and American Indians
Gender in Native America
Metis, Mestizo, and Mixed-Blood
Transforming Outsiders: Captivity, Adoption, and Slavery Considered
Translation and Cultural Brokerage
Native American Literatures
Indigenous Art: Creating Value and Sharing Beauty
Performative Traditions in American Indian History
American Indian Education: by Indians vsfor Indians
Wanted: More Histories of Indian Identity
Sovereignty
Bibliography
Index
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