The Earth Shall Weep: History of Native Americans - Couverture rigide

Wilson, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0330368869 ISBN 13 : 9780330368865

Editeur : Picador, 1998

Synopsis

Placing Native Americans centre-stage, and drawing not only on historical sources but also on ethnography, archaeology, Indian oral tradition, and research in contemporary Native American communities, this book sets out to recover their experience and make it accessible to a non-Indian audience. The text charts the course of the collision between indigenous cultures and European invaders, from the first English settlements on the Atlantic coast to the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890. At the same time, it explains how Europeans justified a process that reduced the Native American population from an estimated 7-10 million to less than 250,000 in four centuries. In his conclusion, the author shows how these same ideas have continued to underpin government policy towards native people in the 20th century and to distort popular perceptions of the "Indian".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330368869
• ISBN 13: 9780330368865
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible