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A millennium of cultural contact / by Alistair Paterson.
Penn Museum Library GN365.4 .P37 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paterson, Alistair, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture diffusion--History.
- Culture diffusion.
- Culture conflict--History.
- Culture conflict.
- Archaeology and history.
- Europeans.
- Foreign countries.
- History.
- Territorial expansion.
- Europe--Territorial expansion.
- Europe.
- Indians--First contact with other peoples.
- Indians.
- Europeans--Foreign countries--History.
- World history.
- Physical Description:
- 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Paterson (archaeology, U. of Western Australia) follows the interactions between European societies and the indigenous cultures who suffered European conquest over the past millennium. Drawing from archaeological evidence as well as written history, the author details specific case studies and ultimately describes the European pattern of conquest. The book is intended for those studying historical archaeology, sociology, and world history. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The world after 1000 AD
- Our attempts to understand culture contact
- Encounters in the Northwest Atlantic
- Europe and its neighbors
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- The Spanish in the Americas
- North America
- East Asia and Oceania
- Australia
- Millennium.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1598744933
- 9781598744927
- 1598744925
- 9781598744934
- OCLC:
- 729863254
- Publisher Number:
- 99945186467
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