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The Red Atlantic. American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927.
Jace Weaver
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Description for The Red Atlantic. American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927.
Paperback. Red Atlantic: American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927 Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3H; 3J; HBAH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 2. Weight in Grams: 517.
From the earliest moments of European contact, Native Americans have played a pivotal role in the Atlantic experience, yet they often have been relegated to the margins of the region's historical record. The Red Atlantic, Jace Weaver's sweeping and highly readable survey of history and literature, synthesizes scholarship to place indigenous people of the Americas at the center of our understanding of the Atlantic world. Weaver illuminates their willing and unwilling travels through the region, revealing how they changed the course of world history.
Indigenous Americans, Weaver shows, crossed the Atlantic as royal dignitaries, diplomats, slaves, laborers, soldiers, performers, ... Read more
From the earliest moments of European contact, Native Americans have played a pivotal role in the Atlantic experience, yet they often have been relegated to the margins of the region's historical record. The Red Atlantic, Jace Weaver's sweeping and highly readable survey of history and literature, synthesizes scholarship to place indigenous people of the Americas at the center of our understanding of the Atlantic world. Weaver illuminates their willing and unwilling travels through the region, revealing how they changed the course of world history.
Indigenous Americans, Weaver shows, crossed the Atlantic as royal dignitaries, diplomats, slaves, laborers, soldiers, performers, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469633381
SKU
V9781469633381
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About Jace Weaver
Jace Weaver is the Franklin Professor of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia and author of Notes from a Miner's Canary: Essays on the State of Native America, among other books.
Reviews for The Red Atlantic. American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927.
A valuable contribution to the growing literature that stands in opposition to the traditionalist 'White Atlantic'.-Journal of American Ethnic History A valuable resource for students.-Transmotion Engrossing.-Journal of American History Highly readable and engaging . . . will prove of interest to specialists, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates.-Journal of Southern History An ambitious and lively book. . ... Read more