Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma - The American Portraits Series (Paperback)

Camilla Townsend's stunning book differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth-century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world--not only to the invading English but to ourselves.
Neither naive nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might of the English with sophistication, diplomacy, and violence. Indeed, Pocahontas's life is a testament to the subtle intelligence that Native Americans, always aware of their material disadvantages, brought against the military power of the colonizing English. Resistance, espionage, collaboration, deception: Pocahontas's life is shown as a road map to Native American strategies of defiance exercised in the face of overwhelming odds and in the hope for a semblance of independence worth the name.

General

Imprint:	Hill & Wang Pub
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Portraits
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	September 2005
Authors:	Camilla Townsend
Dimensions:	210 x 141 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-8090-7738-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-8090-7738-8
Barcode:	9780809077380

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