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Seventeenth Century North America Seventeenth Century North America Carl Ortwin Sauer This book is a "review of the impact of European colonialization on the cultural and natural landscapes of native North America. In this text, ...the author has focused on rare & neglected first-hand… OL1132565W
Entre la espada y el falo Entre la espada y el falo Juan Durán Luzio An excellent scholarly presentation of the deplorable policies and conduct of Spanish colonizers during the period 1492-1550 toward indigenous women in the New World. Durán is a prominent Chilean-bor… OL13453839W
Francisco Coronado and the exploration of the American Southwest Francisco Coronado and the exploration of the American Southwest Hal Marcovitz A biography of the conquistador whose quest for the Seven Cities of Gold led to the exploration of the American Southwest in 1540. OL15054490W
The myth of indigenous Caribbean extinction The myth of indigenous Caribbean extinction Tony Castanha "This book debunks one of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean history: that the indigenous peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are "extinct." Through the uncovering of rece… OL16981936W
Historia oculta de la conquista de América Historia oculta de la conquista de América Gabriel Sánchez Sorondo 253 p. : 23 cm OL18585901W
The broken spears The broken spears Lysander Kemp "For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of ex… OL18957922W
Conquistador Conquistador Buddy Levy In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures.… OL1968651W
Tiaztlán Tiaztlán Alejandro Basañez Loyola "Tiaztlán, guerrero azteca, cuenta su origen durante el esplendor del imperio mexica. Y contrasta su relato con la detallada crónica de los momentos más difíciles y dolorosos de la historia de su pue… OL19984693W
Tragic encounters Tragic encounters Page Smith "This work is not offered in any sense as a history of the American Indians or even a comprehensive account of white-Indian relations. It is, rather, an effort to suggest the nature of that interchan… OL20012544W
Semillas de industria Semillas de industria Mario Humberto Ruz "Outstanding collection of ethnographic and historical essays, extended commentaries, and summaries that examine changes in technology, markets, and production among Mesoamerican craft makers. Contri… OL23575558W
Malinali Malinali Vicki León "Young Malinali lives a contented life in a quiet Mayan village. Her father is a tribal chief, but after he dies, her stepfather sells her into slavery. Intelligent and quick, Malinali learns a new l… OL25070692W
Brutality and benevolence Brutality and benevolence Abel A. Alves "Cultural anthropology of the conquest and the establishment of the colonial system in the 16th century. Explores basic human sentiments - wonderment, hatred, brutality, compassion - using both the A… OL2985279W
La Harpe's post La Harpe's post George H. Odell "This contribution to contact period studies points to the Lasley Vore site in modern Oklahoma, 13 miles south of Tulsa along the Arkansas River, as the most likely first meeting place of Plains Indi… OL3234240W
An account of the antiquities of the Indians An account of the antiquities of the Indians Fray Ramon Pané Accompanying Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1494 was a young Spanish friar named Ramón Pané. The friar’s assignment was to live among the “Indians” whom Columbus had “discovered” o… OL3669418W
Coronado's Golden Quest Coronado's Golden Quest Michael Eagle,Alex Haley,Barbara Weisberg Coronado’s Golden Quest describes Coronado’s search for gold in the Southwest and his interaction with the Natives residing there. The first Europeans to explore the American Southwest were Spanis… OL4290812W
Subject matter Subject matter Joyce E. Chaplin "With this reinterpretation of early cultural encounters between the English and American natives, Joyce E. Chaplin thoroughly alters our historical view of the origins of English presumptions of rac… OL4293958W
Roanoke, the abandoned colony Roanoke, the abandoned colony Karen Ordahl Kupperman In Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony, Karen Ordahl Kupperman recounts one of the most gripping stories in American history. Writing from a background in both Indian and English history, she movingly desc… OL4307737W
Reinterpreting New England Indians and the colonial experience Reinterpreting New England Indians and the colonial experience Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Ten essays, presented at a conference in Old Sturbridge Village, mainly concerning the response of native Americans to colonists in southern New England. OL5755646W
CULTURES IN CONTACT CULTURES IN CONTACT William W. Fitzhugh Collection of papers under the headings: The arctic sector - Inuit responses to explorers, whalers, traders and missionaries; New England - the move inland: land, politics, and disease; The Chesapeak… OL5899444W
Massasoit, friend of the Pilgrims Massasoit, friend of the Pilgrims Virginia Frances Voight A biography of the Wampanoag Indian chief whose friendship with the pilgrims helped them survive in a strange land. OL6672828W
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