Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
In Mohawk Country - Early Narratives of a Native People (Paperback, 1st ed)
Loot Price: R674
Discovery Miles 6 740
You Save: R133
(16%)
|
|
In Mohawk Country - Early Narratives of a Native People (Paperback, 1st ed)
Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
For centuries the history of the Mohawk Valley has been shaped by
the complex relationships among the valley's native inhabitants,
the Mohawk Indians, and its colonists, starting with the Dutch. In
Mohawk Country collects for the first time the principal
documentary narratives that reveal the full scope of this
Mohawk-settler interaction. Some of the sources have never before
been translated into English, and several have not been previously
published. Of those works that had been published, nearly all are
out of print. The Mohawk location near Albany, New York put them at
the center of transactions between the Iroquois and European
colonists. (The Mohawk were one of the constituent nations within
the League of the Iroquois.) These narratives-written by Dutch
merchants, French Jesuit missionaries, English soldiers, romantic
European travelers, and other literate observers-provide often
biased but always fascinating accounts of the Mohawk and their
valley. The reader is treated to over two centuries of history,
starting with the arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth
century to the planning of the Erie Canal in the early nineteenth
century. These records bring to life the rapid changes experienced
by both the Mohawk and their European neighbors. Wars, catastrophic
epidemics, and the diplomacy of nearly two centuries are all well
represented in this volume. Fascinating cultural differences are
also unearthed: the French, for example, dealt with the Mohawk much
differently than the Dutch or the English. Just as importantly,
these writings reveal-from the unique perspectives of the
observer-the Mohawk's struggle to retain their culture in the midst
of evolving political, social, and physical environments.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.