An examination of the early contacts between explorers and Amerindians, the variety of societies in the New World, the development of European beliefs and attit

A classic study of early contact between European explorers and North American natives. When the two cultures met in the fifteenth century, it meant great uphea

"In this study, the myth of the Noble Savage is a different myth from the one defended or debunked by others over the years. That the concept of the Noble Savag

Following the American Revolution, French observers often viewed the United States as a laboratory for the forging of new practices of liberté and égalité, i

Publisher description: The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica (Part One), gives a comprehensive and authoritative o