First Americans: A History of Native Peoples - Couverture rigide

Townsend, Kenneth W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138735884 ISBN 13 : 9781138735880

Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

First Americans provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, highlighting the complexity and diversity of their cultures and their experiences. Native voices permeate the text and shape its narrative, underlining the agency and vitality of Native peoples and cultures in the context of regional, continental, and global developments. This updated edition of First Americans continues to trace Native experiences through the Obama administration years and up to the present day. The book includes a variety of pedagogical tools including short biographical profiles, key review questions, a rich series of maps and illustrations, chapter chronologies, and recommendations for further reading. Lucid and readable yet rigorous in its coverage, First Americans remains the indispensable student introduction to Native American history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kenneth W. Townsend earned his Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991, two years after joining the faculty of the Department of History at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In addition to his teaching and university service responsibilities, Townsend served as Chair of the Department of History and established the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Coastal Carolina University, acting as its director for two years. He is the author of World War II and the American Indian (2000), South Carolina (2008), and varied articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138735884
• ISBN 13: 9781138735880
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 670
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible