First Peoples : A Documentary Survey of American Indian History
ISBN: 9780312453732 | 0312453736
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 10/31/2007
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First Peoples is the only book of its kind: a complete text with readings for the undergraduate survey course in Native American history. Written by a noted scholar and experienced textbook author, First Peoples combines documentary evidence with narrative that can anchor a course whether assigned alone or with a variety of supplements. Each chapter includes a brief narrative; primary-source documents, with headnotes and questions; and a topical picture essay.
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Note: Questions for Consideration precede every group of documents and follow every picture essay. Each chapter concludes with a list of Suggested Readings.
Introduction. American Indians In American History
Perspectives on the Past
America's Master Narrative
Indian History: A Shared Past
Working with Sources
A Note on Name Usage
1. American History Before Columbus
Determining What Came Before
Precontact Population
Creation Stories and Mi... MORE
Introduction. American Indians In American History
Perspectives on the Past
America's Master Narrative
Indian History: A Shared Past
Working with Sources
A Note on Name Usage
1. American History Before Columbus
Determining What Came Before
Precontact Population
Creation Stories and Mi... MORE
Colin G. Calloway is a professor of history and Samson Occum Professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College. He served for two years as associate director of and editor at the D’Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian at the Newberry Library in Chicago and taught for seven years at the University of Wyoming. Professor Calloway has written many books on Native American history, including The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America (2006); One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark (2003); and two books for the Bedford Series in History and Culture: Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indians Views of How the West Was Lost (1996), and The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America (1994).
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