Native America (eBook, PDF) - Oberg, Michael Leroy
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This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contactto the present day, offers an important variation to existingstudies by placing the lives and experiences of Native Americancommunities at the center of the narrative. * Presents an innovative approach to Native American history byplacing individual native communities and their experiences at thecenter of the study * Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, theremainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, coveringover 600 years from the point of first contact to the presentday * Illustrates the great…mehr

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This history of Native Americans, from the period of first contactto the present day, offers an important variation to existingstudies by placing the lives and experiences of Native Americancommunities at the center of the narrative. * Presents an innovative approach to Native American history byplacing individual native communities and their experiences at thecenter of the study * Following a first chapter that deals with creation myths, theremainder of the narrative is structured chronologically, coveringover 600 years from the point of first contact to the presentday * Illustrates the great diversity in American Indian culture andemphasizes the importance of Native Americans in the history ofNorth America * Provides an excellent survey for courses in Native Americanhistory * Includes maps, photographs, a timeline, questions fordiscussion, and "A Closer Focus" textboxes that providebiographies of individuals and that elaborate on the text, exposing students to issues of race, class, and gender

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Autorenporträt
Michael Leroy Oberg is Professor of History at the University of Houston. He is author of Dominion and Civility: English Imperialism and Native America, 1585-1686 (1999; 2003), Uncas: First of the Mohegans (2003; 2007), and The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Lost Tribes and Lost Colonies at Roanoke Island (2007; 2010), and editor of Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record: The Official Account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676-1677 (2005; 2009). In addition to teaching, Oberg received a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003.