The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the AmericasA classic study of early contact between European explorers and North American natives. When the two cultures met in the fifteenth century, it meant great upheavals for the Amerindians, but strengthened the Europeans' move toward nation-states and capitalism. |
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... offices through their clan lineage , although not in any particular order , so that personal merit had a great deal to do with it ; the name of the holder of a particular office stayed the same through the generations , providing ...
... offices through their clan lineage , although not in any particular order , so that personal merit had a great deal to do with it ; the name of the holder of a particular office stayed the same through the generations , providing ...
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... office for even the most respected of orators . Eloquence might give the power to persuade , but not to compel : “ All the authority of their chief is in his tongue's end ; for he is powerful in so far as he is eloquent ; and , even if ...
... office for even the most respected of orators . Eloquence might give the power to persuade , but not to compel : “ All the authority of their chief is in his tongue's end ; for he is powerful in so far as he is eloquent ; and , even if ...
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... Office , 1946-63 . Harwood , Thomas Franklin . “ The Indian Problem on the First Hanke , Lewis . Aristotle and the American Indians : a study in race Frontier : Virginia , 1584-1622 . ” M.A. thesis , University of prejudice in the ...
... Office , 1946-63 . Harwood , Thomas Franklin . “ The Indian Problem on the First Hanke , Lewis . Aristotle and the American Indians : a study in race Frontier : Virginia , 1584-1622 . ” M.A. thesis , University of prejudice in the ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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