Main entry:

Axtell, James.

Title & Author:

Beyond 1492 : encounters in colonial North America / James Axtell.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Description:

xx, 376 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-364) and index.
History as imagination -- Imagining the other: first encounters in North America -- The exploration of Norumbega: native perspectives -- Native reactions to the invasion of America -- The first consumer revolution -- Agents of change: Jesuits in the post-Columbian world -- Humor in ethnohistory -- Europeans, Indians, and the Age of Discovery in American history textbooks -- The Columbian mosaic in colonial America -- Moral reflections on the Columbian legacy -- Beyond 1992.

Summary:

James Axtell explores the key role of imagination both in our perception of strangers and in the writing of history. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of Columbus's "discovery" of America, this collection covers a wide range of topics dealing with American history. Three essays view the invasion of North America from the perspective of the Indians, whose land it was. The very first meetings, he finds, were nearly always peaceful. Other essays describe native encounters with colonial traders--creating "the first consumer revolution"--And Jesuit missionaries in Canada and Mexico. Despite the tragedy of many of the encounters, Axtell also finds that there was much humor in Indian-European negotiations over peace, sex, and war. In the final section he conducts searching analyses of how college textbooks treat the initial century of American history, how America's human face changed from all brown in 1492 to predominantly white and black by 1792, and how we handled moral questions during the Quincentenary. He concludes with an extensive review of the Quincentenary scholarship--books, films, TV, and museum exhibits--and suggestions for how we can assimilate what we have learned.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0195068386
9780195068382
0195080335 (pbk.)
9780195080339 (pbk.)
9786610526642
6610526648

Subject:

Columbus, Christopher Influence.
Colomb, Christophe, approximately 1451-1506 Influence.
Columbus, Christopher
Colombo, Christoforo, 1451-1506.
Colomb, Christophe, (1450?-1506)
Indians of North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians of North America History 16th century.
Peuples autochtones États-Unis Histoire ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Peuples autochtones Histoire 16e siècle.
15.85 history of America.
Discoveries in geography
Discoveries in geography Spanish
Indians of North America
Indians of North America Colonial period
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Culturele betrekkingen.
Indianen.
Europeanen.
Indians of North America History Colonial Period, 1600-1775.
Jésuites Missions Canada.
Jésuites Missions Mexico (Mexique)
Indiens d'Amérique Amérique du Nord Histoire.
Indiens d'Amérique Premiers contacts avec les Occidentaux.
Iwi taketake.
Native Americans History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Native Americans History 16th century.
Indigenous peoples United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Indigenous peoples North America History 16th century
North America History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
America Discovery and exploration Spanish.
North America Discovery and exploration.
Amérique du Nord Découverte et exploration.
Amérique du Nord Histoire ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Amérique Découverte et exploration espagnoles.
America
North America
North America History To 1810.
Amérique du Nord Histoire ca 1600-1775 (période coloniale)
America Exploration Spanish.
Civilisation

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 75617
Call No.: ID:92-B2671
Status: Available