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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... problem , was able to overcome Amerindian aversion to separating power from the corpus of society . With all of his prestige , Tecumseh could not convince either his allies or his people to take the steps that could have welded them ...
... problem , was able to overcome Amerindian aversion to separating power from the corpus of society . With all of his prestige , Tecumseh could not convince either his allies or his people to take the steps that could have welded them ...
Page 258
... problems of acquiring Amerindian children and keeping them in school , they had been driven out by the English in 1629 ... problem . Faced with parental reluctance to part with their children , the French resorted to diplomatic pressures ...
... problems of acquiring Amerindian children and keeping them in school , they had been driven out by the English in 1629 ... problem . Faced with parental reluctance to part with their children , the French resorted to diplomatic pressures ...
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... Problems of Acculturation The problems considered so far represented only a small part of those facing the missionary church during the seventeenth century . Extremely difficult ones were presented by the pagan practice of polygyny and ...
... Problems of Acculturation The problems considered so far represented only a small part of those facing the missionary church during the seventeenth century . Extremely difficult ones were presented by the pagan practice of polygyny and ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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