The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest
- ISBN-10
- 0807871443
- ISBN-13
- 9780807871447
- Category
- Indians of North America
- Pages
- 369
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Institute of Early American Hi
- Author
- Francis Jennings
Description
In this iconoclastic book, Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. Shorn of old mythology and rationalizations, Puritan actions are seen in the cold light of material interest and naked expansion.
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