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First Americans A History of Native Peoples, Combined Volume

by: Townsend, Kenneth W.; Nicholas, Mark A.

ISBN: 9780132069489 | 0132069482

Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/9/2012

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This text is a comprehensive narrative which covers the complexity and diversity of Native history from their arrival on this continent to the twenty-first century. Through its chronological organization, the text clearly addresses the theme that Indians themselves have consciously struggled to preserve their cultures and their unique place in America and that they have worked to shape their own future. in developing each chapter the authors address the cultural mechanisms that have allowed Indians to remain true to their own values while adapt... MOREing to a rapidly and ever-changing world.

A comprehensive narrative of the history of Native Americans that covers the complexity and diversity of Native history from their arrival on this continent to the twenty-first century. Through its chronological organization, the text clearly addresses the theme that Indians themselves have consciously struggled to preserve their cultures and their unique place in America and that they have worked to shape their own future. The authors address the cultural mechanisms that have allowed Indians to remain true to their own values while adapting to a rapidly and ever-changing world.

Tells the complete story of Native American history, including the native perspective.

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First Americans provides a history of Native Americans, from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, that covers the complexity and diversity of their past. The text demonstrates Native Americans� participation in determining their own future and helps students place Native American history in context with national and international developments. �

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Present throughout the text is the "native voice," giving American Indians� perspectives on historical developments. The text also enforces the reality that native people retain a presence in the U.S. today as a growing population with a rich diversity of roles, ideas, and contributions.

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Found in this section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents

1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Native North America before European Contact

Chapter 2 Native Peoples and European Newcomers, 982–1585

Chapter 3 Spanish Borderlands, 1527–1758

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Kenneth Townsend earned his Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991, two years after joining the faculty of the Department of History at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Townsend now serves as chair of the Department of History. He is the author of World War II and the American Indian (2000), South Carolina (2008) and varied articles, and he is revising a book-length manuscript addressing the World War II home front in the Southeastern United States.�In summer 2006 Townsend embedded with U.S. Army units in Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan and is now

completing a project titled �Shadows of War� that examines the personal imprint of war on soldiers and their families.�

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Mark A. Nicholas received his PhD from Lehigh University in 2006, and teaches at Florida Atlantic University. �With Joel W. Martin, he edited Native Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of the American Religious Landscape (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010). He has several ongoing projects, including a book about the Seneca Indians for Michigan State University.�Press and a book about the Shawnees in Kansas for University of Arizona Press.

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