Infinity of Nations How the Native New World Shaped Early North America

Name: Infinity of Nations How the Native New World Shaped Early North America
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ISBN: 9780812222869

ISBN-10: 0812222865

ISBN-13: 9780812222869

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Witgen

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An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of the continent while European colonies of the Atlantic World were largely confined to the eastern seaboard. To be sure, Native North America experienced far-reaching and radical change following contact with the peoples, things, and ideas that flowed inland following the creation of European colonies on North American soil. Most of the continent's indigenous peoples, however, were not conquered, assimilated, or even socially incorporated into the settlements and political regimes of this Atlantic…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 6/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.22" wide x 8.98" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Michael Witgen teaches history and American culture at the University of Michigan.



Prologue: The Long Invisibility of the Native New World



Discovery



Place and Belonging in Native North America



The Rituals of Possession and the Problems of Nation



The New World



The Rebirth of Native Power and Identity



European Interlopers and the Politics of the Native New World



The Illusion of Empire



An Anishinaabe Warrior's World



The Great Peace and Unraveling Alliances



Sovereignty: The Making of North America's New Nations



The Counterfactual History of Indian Assimilation


Epilogue: Louis Riel, Native Founding Father


Glossary of Native Terms


Notes


Index


Acknowledgments