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Loading... The Earth Shall Weep: History of Native America (original 1998; edition 1999)by James Wilson
Work InformationThe Earth Shall Weep by James Wilson (1998)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. In the beginning of the book, the author acknowledges that many of the tribal names we're familiar with are actually disrespectful. Yet the author uses these terms in the book, without telling us which names are slurs and thus shouldn't be used. This is incompatible with a respectful view of these peoples. This is a groundbreaking, critically acclaimed history of Native Americans struggle for survival against the tide of invading peoples and cultures. Spanning over 500 years – from the first European contact to the campaigns of Indian activists today – Wilson's narrative incorporates insights from ethnography, archaeology, Indian oral tradition, and the authors years of original research in charting the epic story of a clash that would reduce the Native American population from an estimated 7 to 10 million to only 250,000 today. Litt oppmanning før jeg entrer denne boken. Forordet er som ment, ganske klargjørende. Veldig tidlig blir det tydelig hvor store utslag de kulturelle og ideologiske brillene de hadde med seg fikk for europeernes analyser vedr. det de møtte. En ting var kontrastene mellom europeiske og "amerikanske" levemåter, noe annet var de begrunnelser som lett kunne anes i funn rundt antallet som bodde der, manglende inkludering av utryddet befolkning (sykdom og nedslakting) og svak forståelse av hvordan deres landbruk var og hvordan arbeidsdelingen mellom kjønnene var - dvs hele bildet av hvilke samfunn møtte de der. Deres form for rettsforståelse ble ikke anerkjent, ei heller det at 2 -regimentslæren til Luther ikke var etablert hos dem. no reviews | add a review
"The European "discovery" and conquest of America was one of the most cataclysmic events in history, leading to the wholesale destruction of millions of people and hundreds of flourishing societies. As far as history books are concerned, Native Americans have been secondary to an essentially Euro-American story. Now, James Wilson presents a rigorously authoritative, beautifully written, comprehensive history that-as Richard Gott wrote in the London Literary Review "places the 'Native Americans' at the center of the historical stage, abandoning the traditional version of the American past in which the 'Indians' had a subservient role on the periphery of someone else's epic." The Earth Shall Weep is a groundbreaking book with a pioneering approach that sets it apart from any history now on the market. Drawing not only on historical sources but also on ethnography, archaeology, Indian oral tradition, and his own extensive research in Native American communities, James Wilson sets out to make the Indian perspective on the past and the present accessible to a broad audience. He charts the collision course between indigenous cultures and European invaders, from the first English settlements on the Atlantic coast to the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890, explaining how Europeans justified a process that reduced the Native American population from an estimated seven to ten million to less than 250,000 in just four centuries. Finally, as The Independent on Sunday noted, "whereas most accounts of the North American Indian take the Wounded Knee massacre as constituting, in the words of Black Elk, an end to the Indian experience on the continent, James Wilson pursues the story further into the twentieth century and up to the present day." Wilson shows how old ideas about native people have continued to underpin government policy and popular perception in the twentieth century, leaving a painful legacy of ignorance and misunderstanding. The story of Native America is the invisible subtext to every American history book ever published. James Wilson's splendid tour de force of narrative history redresses the historical balance and sets the standard for work to come."--Publisher's description. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)970.00497History and Geography North America North America North America Ethnic and National Groups Native AmericansLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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