500 years of indigenous resistance / by Gord Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Gord.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--America--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Insurgency--America--History.

Insurgency.

Indigenous peoples--America--Government relations.

America--Colonization--History.

America.

America--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor], 2009.

Summary:

An alternative and unorthodox view of the colonization of the Americas by Europeans is offered in this concise history. Eurocentric studies of the conquest of the Americas present colonization as a civilizing force for good, and the native populations as primitive or worse. Colonization is seen as a mutually beneficial process, in which ""civilization" was brought to the natives who in return shared their land and cultures. The opposing historical camp views colonization as a form of genocide in which the native populations were passive victims overwhelmed.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

The Pre-Columbian World

The Genocide Begins Expansion, Exploitation, and Extermination

The Penetration of North America

The European Struggle for Hegemony

Tragedy: The United States is Created

Revolutions in the "New World"

Manifest Destiny and the U.S. Indian Wars

Afrikan Slavery, Afrikan Rebellion, and the U.S. Civil War

Black Reconstruction and Deconstruction

The Colonization of Canada

Extermination and Assimilation: Two Methods, One Goal

The People AIM for Freedom

The Struggle for Land

In Total Resistance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781604862607

1604862602

9781604862614

1604862610

9781604862591

1604862599

OCLC:

550543192