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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Page 157
... industry in the Straits of Belle Isle . France was left to accept the challenge of colonizing the North , an undertaking in which she would rediscover in a new context what she had already learned in the dyewood trade in Brazil - the ...
... industry in the Straits of Belle Isle . France was left to accept the challenge of colonizing the North , an undertaking in which she would rediscover in a new context what she had already learned in the dyewood trade in Brazil - the ...
Page 277
... industry necessary for their individual and social existence . Their customs are gentle , hospitable and inoffensive . 15 He thought that perhaps the difference between Amerindian and European forms of society lay in the fact that the ...
... industry necessary for their individual and social existence . Their customs are gentle , hospitable and inoffensive . 15 He thought that perhaps the difference between Amerindian and European forms of society lay in the fact that the ...
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... industry . Before the supported by the traditions of the “ livyers ” of Newfound- discovery of Brazilian stands , India had been Europe's main land who have descended from these early residents , some source of dyewood . of whom claim ...
... industry . Before the supported by the traditions of the “ livyers ” of Newfound- discovery of Brazilian stands , India had been Europe's main land who have descended from these early residents , some source of dyewood . of whom claim ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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