Beyond 1492 encounters in colonial North America

Summary: In this provocative and timely collection of essays--five published for the first time--one of the most important ethnohistorians writing today, James Axtell, explores the key role of imagination both in our perception of strangers and in the writing of history. Coinciding with the 500thanniversary of Columbus's "discovery" of America, this collection covers a wide range of topics dealing with American history. Three essays view the invasion of North America from the perspective of the Indians, whose land it was. The very first meetings, he finds, were nearly always peaceful. Other essays d.

Record details

ISBN: 0195359828
ISBN: 9780195359824
ISBN: 9780195359824 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780195080339
ISBN: 0195080335
ISBN: 9780195068382
ISBN: 0195068386
ISBN: 0195080335
ISBN: 0195068386
ISBN: 1280526645
ISBN: 9781280526640
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xx, 376 p.) : ill.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Content descriptions

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-364) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. History as Imagination -- Views from the Shore. 2. Imagining the Other: First Encounters in North America. 3. The Exploration of Norumbega: Native Perspectives. 4. Native Reactions to the Invasion of America -- Encounters Light and Dark. 5. The First Consumer Revolution. 6. Agents of Change: Jesuits in the Post-Columbian World. 7. Humor in Ethnohistory -- 1492 and Beyond. 8. Europeans, Indians, and the Age of Discovery in American History Textbooks. 9. The Columbian Mosaic in Colonial America. 10. Moral Reflections on the Columbian Legacy. 11. Beyond 1992.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.