03224nam 2200661Ia 450 991045841730332120211005065809.00-19-028197-91-280-52664-50-19-535982-81-4294-0012-9(CKB)1000000000398676(EBL)271072(OCoLC)191934863(SSID)ssj0000110803(PQKBManifestationID)11143280(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110803(PQKBWorkID)10064988(PQKB)10138024(MiAaPQ)EBC271072(Au-PeEL)EBL271072(CaPaEBR)ebr10142208(CaONFJC)MIL52664(MiAaPQ)EBC2033515(Au-PeEL)EBL2033515(OCoLC)958507907(EXLCZ)99100000000039867619911203d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond 1492[electronic resource] encounters in colonial North America /James AxtellNew York Oxford University Press19921 online resource (397 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506838-6 0-19-508033-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-364) and index.1.History as Imagination --Views from the Shore.2.Imagining the Other: First Encounters in North America.3.The Exploration of Norumbega: Native Perspectives.4.Native Reactions to the Invasion of America --Encounters Light and Dark.5.The First Consumer Revolution.6.Agents of Change: Jesuits in the Post-Columbian World.7.Humor in Ethnohistory --1492 and Beyond.8.Europeans, Indians, and the Age of Discovery in American History Textbooks.9.The Columbian Mosaic in Colonial America.10.Moral Reflections on the Columbian Legacy.11.Beyond 1992.In this provocative and timely collection of essays--five published for the first time--one of the most important ethnohistorians writing today, James Axtell, explores the key role of imagination both in our perception of strangers and in the writing of history. Coinciding with the 500thanniversary of Columbus's ""discovery"" of America, this collection covers a wide range of topics dealing with American history. Three essays view the invasion of North America from the perspective of the Indians, whose land it was. The very first meetings, he finds, were nearly always peaceful.Other essaysIndians of North AmericaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Indians of North AmericaHistory16th centuryNorth AmericaDiscovery and explorationNorth AmericaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Electronic books.Indians of North AmericaHistoryIndians of North AmericaHistory970.02Axtell James44515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458417303321Beyond 14922483541UNINA