American Encounters

Natives and Newcomers from European Contact to Indian Removal, 1500-1850

• Author(s): Peter C. Mancall, James Hart Merrell,
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Pages: 594
• ISBN_10: 0415923751
  ISBN_13: 9780415923750
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas , History / United States / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies ,

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Newly expanded, the second edition of American Encounters provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date collection of scholarship on the Native American experience from European contact through the Removal Era. Retaining the hallmark essays from the celebrated first edition, the second edition contains thirteen new essays, emphasizing the most recent, noteworthy areas of inquiry, including gender relations, slavery and captivity, and the effects of Christianity on the course of native history. With each essay prefaced by helpful headnotes that highlight key concepts and draw connections among the essays, plus an expansive 'Further Readings' section, the second edition of American Encounters is an indispensable volume for both professors and students of early American history.