The European and the Indian: Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America
- ISBN-10
- 0195029046
- ISBN-13
- 9780195029048
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 402
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- James Axtell
Description
Deals with the encounters of Europeans and Indians in colonial North America. A blending of history and anthropology, the author draws on a wide variety of sources, including archaeological findings, linguistics, accounts of colonists, art, and published scholarship.
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