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An Infinity of Nations : How the Native New World Shaped Early North America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early American StudiesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (457 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812205176
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: An Infinity of NationsDDC classification:
  • 970.004/97
LOC classification:
  • E91 .W58 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: The Long Invisibility of the Native New World -- Part I. Discovery -- Chapter 1. Place and Belonging in Native North America -- Chapter 2. The Rituals of Possession and the Problems of Nation -- Part II. The New World -- Chapter 3. The Rebirth of Native Power and Identity -- Chapter 4. European Interlopers and the Politics of the Native New World -- Part III. The Illusion of Empire -- Chapter 5. An Anishinaabe Warrior's World -- Chapter 6. The Great Peace and Unraveling Alliances -- Part IV. Sovereignty: The Making of North America's New Nations -- Chapter 7. The Counterfactual History of Indian Assimilation -- Epilogue: Louis Riel, Native Founding Father -- Glossary of Native Terms -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: An Infinity of Nations tells the story of the indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America, focusing in particular on the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: The Long Invisibility of the Native New World -- Part I. Discovery -- Chapter 1. Place and Belonging in Native North America -- Chapter 2. The Rituals of Possession and the Problems of Nation -- Part II. The New World -- Chapter 3. The Rebirth of Native Power and Identity -- Chapter 4. European Interlopers and the Politics of the Native New World -- Part III. The Illusion of Empire -- Chapter 5. An Anishinaabe Warrior's World -- Chapter 6. The Great Peace and Unraveling Alliances -- Part IV. Sovereignty: The Making of North America's New Nations -- Chapter 7. The Counterfactual History of Indian Assimilation -- Epilogue: Louis Riel, Native Founding Father -- Glossary of Native Terms -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

An Infinity of Nations tells the story of the indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America, focusing in particular on the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains.

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