RESILIENT CULTURES;AMERICA'S NATIVE PEOPLES CONFRONT EUROPEAN COLONIALIZATION 1500-1800

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910149175003321
• Autore: KICZA JOHN E; HORN, REBECCA
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: LONDON, : ROUTLEDGE, 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-50987-3; 1-315-50989-X; 1-315-50988-1
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 909/.0491411
• Soggetti: Indians - Government relations; Government, Resistance to - America; Indians - Cultural assimilation; Latin America Civilization Indian influences; North America Civilization Indian influences; Latin America Colonization; North America Colonization; Europe Colonies America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Native Societies of the Americas Before Contact -- The Conquests and Initial Establishment of Colonies in Latin America -- Colonial Spanish America and Its Impact on the Sedentary Imperial Societies -- Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Semisedentary and Nonsedentary Peoples -- Native Responses to Settlement in the East and Southwest in North America -- The British and the Indians of Eastern North America -- Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Tribal Peoples -- Enduring Connections between the New World and the Old -- By Way of Conclusion: Enduring Patterns in the Americas.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a comparative perspective of the impact of early European colonization on the native peoples of the Americas. It covers the character of the indigenous cultures before contact, and then addresses the impact ofand creative ways in which they adapted tothe ; establishment of colonies by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English. Key topics: Paying attention to environmental change, the book considers such issues as the nature of military conflicts, the cultural and material contributions of each side to the other, the importance of economic exchanges, and the demographic transformation. Market: For individuals interested in the history of colonial America, colonial Latin America, and the American Indian.