The Founders of America

By: Francis Jennings

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Paperback | 1 August 1994 | Edition Number 1

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Jennings describes the experience of the first pioneers of the North American continent, who migrated from Siberia across what is now Beringia—nomadic people who traveled over the continents and islands of the Americas, establishing networks of trails and trade and adapting the land to human purposes. He tells of the rise of imperial city states in Mexico and Peru, and of the extension of cultures from Mexico into North America; he describes the multitude of cultures and societies created by the Native Americans, from simple kin-structured bands to immense and complex cities. Jennings shows that Europeans did not ""discover"" America; they invaded it and conquered its population. We grew up on history written from the point of view of the victor. Here now is the rest of the story, by the acknowledged dean of American Indian history. It is strong, eye-opening, and timely.

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[An] absorbing, insightful book.-- "Library Journal"

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Introduction	p. 15
Acknowledgments	p. 21
Conquest of the Wilderness	p. 25
The Dynamo	p. 40
Chaco Canyon	p. 48
Cahokia	p. 56
Huronia	p. 68
The Dalles	p. 78
How Many Indians and Why	p. 83
The "Documents" of Pre-Writing History	p. 90
Hispaniola	p. 101
Truth and Sahagún	p. 108
The Rise of Tenochtitlán	p. 114
The Aztec Empire	p. 122
Cultures in Conflict	p. 129
Trauma	p. 135
Transformation	p. 143
Transformation II. Resource Accounting	p. 152
The Sixteenth Century	p. 165
Fallacies of "Frontier History"	p. 172
Plantation and Accommodation	p. 180
French and English Missions	p. 186
Partners and Rivals	p. 196
Some Effects of Trade	p. 203
Wars in the East	p. 208
The Covenant Chain	p. 216
Frontiers in the Middle	p. 222
From All Directions	p. 233
The Southwest	p. 237
California Missions	p. 247
The Northwest Coast	p. 252
The Vast Middle Northern Sector	p. 259
War against the Foxes	p. 269
End of the Natchez	p. 274
The Northeast	p. 283
Savage Empires	p. 292
The Forty Years War	p. 296
Manifest Destiny	p. 309
Over the Mountains	p. 313
And Tippecanoe Too	p. 320
Paths of Glory / Trails of Tears	p. 328
Progress and Erosion	p. 336
Indians Who Have Vanished	p. 346
The Golden West	p. 363
The Way to Wounded Knee	p. 370
Cultures within a Culture	p. 383
Renewal	p. 395
Immigrants in Their Own Country	p. 399
In Perspective	p. 404
Chronology	p. 412
Notes	p. 422
Bibliography	p. 427
Index	p. 443
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