The Native Peoples of North America [Two Volumes] A History

Subjects:

• Multicultural Studies » Native American Studies
• Multicultural Studies » Latin American Studies

Reviews:

• Johansen has done an admirable job in producing a thoughtful, though often wrenching, history of the Native peoples of North America from earliest times to the present in an accessible two-volume set designed for high school and university-level Native American studies courses.
  —Art Book News Annual January 2006
• Expertly compiled by Bruce E. Johansen, the definitive two-volume reference work, Native Peoples of North America: A History, is a very highly recommended college-level pick for any academic or community library seeking a strong overview of Native American history and culture....[t]his outstanding two volume set provides an essential and comprehensive coverage.
  —The Bookwatch September 2005
• Johansen's two extensively documented volumes brilliantly succeed in portraying cultures indigenous to North America from their earliest origins to the present....Encompassing not only traditional historical records but also oral histories and biographical sketches, these two volumes will undoubtedly become an integral part of Native American history, an increasingly popular field.
  —Booklist August 2005

• Endorsement From Dr. Joy Porter
  author of To Be Indian and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature: A serious and accessible history that doesn't shy away from the controversy--this is just what American History needs right now.
• Endorsement From Kay Marie Porterfield
  co-author of The Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World: A compelling overview that sparks critical thinking about the meaning of the North American frontier and its impact on contemporary society. Filled with recent archaeological findings and vivid accounts of the most telling historical events, Johansen's book provides a richly textured introduction to the history of North American Indians spanning their arrival on the continent to the 21st century.
• Endorsement From Robert W. Venables
  Cornell University: This well-written narrative of peoples, leaders, events, and philosophies engages the reader with evocative descriptions of geographical settings and cultural details. The reader travels through the centuries via a wide range of fascinating information Johansen has culled from many disciplines: history, geography, philosophy, religion, art, literature, architecture, anthropology, legal studies, and environmental studies. Johansen's array of evidence dramatizes the challenges that continually faced Indian cultures, the transformations and frequent destructions of environments, and the continent-wide struggles of all the peoples who lived and died on the frontiers of America.
• Endorsement From Four Arrows-a.k.a. Don Trent Jacobs
  author of The Language of Conquest: First Nations Scholars Talk Back: Bruce Johansen's volume on the Native Peoples of North America is a living history of contemporary people and as such the reader will constantly feel the connections between what happened 'then' with what is happening 'now.' From a scholarly and insightful assessment of prehistory to a sober yet passionate reflection on contemporary issues, his historical analysis remains unencumbered by the hegemony usually found in American Indian history books.

Table of Contents:

• Volume I
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Early Indigenous North America: An Overview
• Chapter 2: Mexico And Mesoamerica: Beginnings to European Contact
• Chapter 3: Native America Meets Europe: The Colonial Era
• Chapter 4: The Transfer of Political Ideas: Native Confederacies and the Evolution of Democracy
• Chapter 5: The European-American Explosion Westward
• Volume 2
• Introduction
• Chapter 6: The Northwest Coast and California
• Chapter 7: The Euro-American Frontier Closes in the Great Plains and Southwest
• Chapter 8: The Rise of the Vanishing Race: Native American Adaptations to Assimilation
• Chapter 9: A Peoples Revival: 1961 to 1990
• Chapter 10: Borrowings from Native American Cultures
• Chapter 11: Contemporary Issues in Native America
• Selected Bibliography
• Photo and Artwork Credits
• Index

PDF Catalogs:

Greenwood Multicultural Spring 2008.pdf