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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787594803321

Autore

Macleod William Christie

Titolo

The American Indian frontier / / William Christie Macleod

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-136-20497-0

1-315-00567-0

1-136-20490-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Collana

The history of civilization

Disciplina

973

Soggetti

Indians - Origin

Indians of North America - History

Indians of South America - History

Indians of North America - Wars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1928 by Routledge, Trench, Trubner. Reprinted in 1996 by Routledge Reprinted 1998, 1999"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The Indians -- pt. 2. The conquerors -- pt. 3. The trader -- pt. 4. Social retrospects : contrasts between the Latin and Anglo-Saxon Americas -- pt. 5. The sweep of empire.

Sommario/riassunto

Originally published between 1920-1970,<EM>The History of Civilization</EM> was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings:<BR> * <STRONG>Prehistory and Historical Ethnography</STRONG><BR> Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00<BR> * <S