First Encounters - Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans (Hardcover)

A collection comprising a wide variety of accounts of native peoples describing their initial encounters with European explorers, conquerors, and settlers. This extraordinary volume gathers together an astonishing array of voices of those so often overlooked by history. First Encounters: Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans reaches back to add important overlooked viewpoints to our understanding of history, gathering together accounts describing the initial experiences of indigenous peoples around the world with European explorers, missionaries, traders, soldiers, and settlers. It is the first such volume with a truly global perspective. First Encounters brings together 42 authentic, first-person accounts, organized geographically in sections on Africa, North America, South America, greater Australia, and Asia. Selections, each with editor's notes, provide vivid, detailed accounts of the culture clashes that defined an era. From the Opium Wars to the Indian Wars, from the Aztecs who thought the white intruders were gods to the Japanese who thought them barbarians, readers will encounter a stunning array of voices from the other side of history.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	June 2010
Editors:	Howard B. Leavitt
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	292
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-35131-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-313-35131-7
Barcode:	9780313351310

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