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Indlæser... The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America (Cultural Origins of North America) (original 1985; udgave 1986)af James Axtell (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America af James Axtell (1985)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Interesting, readable narrative of the contest between Britain and France, with American Indian involvement, for control of North America. Axtell focuses on the contest of ideas rather than the usual military history, and suggests that the Indians were the most successful at making "converts." He views the French and Indians as "two wily foxes" against the British lion. Spain belongs in the book, too, but Axtell omits it for reasons of expediency (i.e., the book would have taken another decade or so to complete). ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Publisher description: Colonial North America was not only a battleground for furs and land, but for allegiances as well. While the colonial French and English were locked in heated competition for the most native allies, the Indians sought to preserve their own independence, alighning themselves only when necessary with the colonial group that offered the best material and spiritual wares. Here, ethnohistorian James Axtell takes a fresh look at this contest of cultures to reveal why and how the French and Indians were able to rise so effectively to the challenge posed by English imperial design. Although the English offered better trade goods, they were ultimately defeated by their own stubborn need to impose their way of life on the reluctant native Americans. The French Jesuits, on the other hand, managed to keep the English at bay for a century and a half by adapting themselves to native life and so converting thousands of Indians to Catholicism. this is the first of three volumes in James Axtell's new series, THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF NORTH AMERICA. The series is designed to provide an overview of the realtions between the three separate cultures that together formed America's roots, and offers a new perspective on America's colonial past. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)970.02History and Geography North America North America North America 1600-1699LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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