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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Such a way of life is strikingly different from the settlement pattern of the Five Nations , among whom the villages of each tribe were separated by hunting territory . 121 This resulted in greater uniformity of language and culture ...
Such a way of life is strikingly different from the settlement pattern of the Five Nations , among whom the villages of each tribe were separated by hunting territory . 121 This resulted in greater uniformity of language and culture ...
Page 140
It was very early realized that land grants were not effective unless they were reinforced with permanent settlement . France's quasi - permanent fishing establishments along the Atlantic Coast were not considered satisfactory for ...
It was very early realized that land grants were not effective unless they were reinforced with permanent settlement . France's quasi - permanent fishing establishments along the Atlantic Coast were not considered satisfactory for ...
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66 According to the Amerindians , this had been a Spanish establishment that had been dispersed by the Inuit.67 The probability of at least a summer settlement there known by the French name of Brest is attested to by seventeenthcentury ...
66 According to the Amerindians , this had been a Spanish establishment that had been dispersed by the Inuit.67 The probability of at least a summer settlement there known by the French name of Brest is attested to by seventeenthcentury ...
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Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas |
| Author | Olive Patricia Dickason |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0888640366, 9780888640369 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Canada / General Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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