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Beyond 1492 : encounters in colonial North America / James Axtell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Axtell, James, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Columbus, Christopher--Influence.
- Columbus, Christopher.
- Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--History--16th century.
- North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- North America.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- America.
- North America--Discovery and exploration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (397 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this provocative and timely collection of essays--five published for the first time--one of the most important ethnohistorians writing today, James Axtell, explores the key role of imagination both in our perception of strangers and in the writing of history. Coinciding with the 500thanniversary of Columbus's ""discovery"" of America, this collection covers a wide range of topics dealing with American history. Three essays view the invasion of North America from the perspective of the Indians, whose land it was. The very first meetings, he finds, were nearly always peaceful.Other essays
- Contents:
- 1. History as Imagination
- Views from the Shore. 2. Imagining the Other: First Encounters in North America. 3. The Exploration of Norumbega: Native Perspectives. 4. Native Reactions to the Invasion of America
- Encounters Light and Dark. 5. The First Consumer Revolution. 6. Agents of Change: Jesuits in the Post-Columbian World. 7. Humor in Ethnohistory
- 1492 and Beyond. 8. Europeans, Indians, and the Age of Discovery in American History Textbooks. 9. The Columbian Mosaic in Colonial America. 10. Moral Reflections on the Columbian Legacy. 11. Beyond 1992.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-364) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771173-1
- 0-19-028197-9
- 1-280-52664-5
- 0-19-535982-8
- 1-4294-0012-9
- OCLC:
- 191934863
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