Resilient Cultures

America's Native Peoples Confront European Colonialization 1500-1800

John Kicza, Rebecca Horn

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781315509877
• Edition: 2
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

This book provides a comparative perspective of the impact of early European colonization on the native peoples of the Americas. It covers the character of the indigenous cultures before contact, and then addresses the impact ofand creative ways in which they adapted tothe establishment of colonies by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English. Key topics: Paying attention to environmental change, the book considers such issues as the nature of military conflicts, the cultural and material contributions of each side to the other, the importance of economic exchanges, and the demographic transformation. Market: For individuals interested in the history of colonial America, colonial Latin America, and the American Indian.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Documents
• Illustrations
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Native Societies of the Americas Before Contact
• 3 The Conquests and Initial Establishment of Colonies in Latin America
• 4 Colonial Spanish America and Its Impact on the Sedentary Imperial Societies
• 5 Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Semisedentary and Nonsedentary Peoples
• 6 Native Responses to Settlement in the East and Southwest in North America
• 7 The British and the Indians of Eastern North America
• 8 Enduring Connections between the New World and the Old
• Bibliography
• Index