This title revisits the history of American colonization. In this iconoclastic book, Francis Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent - a 'virgin land' in which Native Americans were assigned the role of foil whose main contribution was to stimulate the energy and ingenuity of European dispossessors. Jennings rejects this ideology and examines the relationships between Europeans and Indians from a far more critical point of view. Shorn of old mythology and rationalizations, Puritan actions are seen in the cold light of material interest and naked expansion.
| ISBN: | 9780807871447 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2010 |
| Author: | Francis Jennings, Omohundro Institute of Early American History Culture |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 369 pages |
| Series: | Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Indigenous peoples |
This title revisits the history of American colonization. In this iconoclastic book, Francis Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent - a 'virgin land' in which Native Americans were assigned the role of foil whose main contribution was to stimulate the energy and ingenuity of European dispossessors. Jennings rejects this ideology and examines the relationships between Europeans and Indians from a far more critical point of view. Shorn of old mythology and rationalizations, Puritan actions are seen in the cold light of material interest and naked expansion.
The Invasion of America features in the following genres: History of the Americas, Indigenous peoples
The Invasion of America is available in Paperback
The Invasion of America was written by Francis Jennings, Omohundro Institute of Early American History Culture and published by The University of North Carolina Press
The Invasion of America has 369 pages