The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312083505 ISBN 13: 9780312083502

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1994

Synopsis

Gathers documents in which Indians addressed settlers, from first encounters to the American revolution

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This unique collection presents Native American perspectives on the events of the colonial era, from the first encounters between Indians and Europeans in the early seventeenth century through the American Revolution in the late eighteenth century. The documents collected here are drawn from letters, speeches, and records of treaty negotiations in which Indians addressed settlers. Colin Calloway's introduction discusses the nature of such sources and the problems of interpreting them and also analyzes the forces of change that were creating a "new world" for Native Americans during the colonial period. An overview introduces each chapter, and a headnote to each document comments on its context and significance. Maps, illustrations, a bibliography, and an index are also included.

About the Author:

Colin G. Calloway, associate professor at the University of Wyoming, is the recipient of the 1993 John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Teaching Award. His most recent books are Dawnland Encounters: Indians and Europeans in Northern New England (1991) and The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration and the Survival of Indian People, which was selected by Choice Magazine as one of the Outstanding Academic Books of 1990. His current work examines the experience of Indian people during the American Revolution. Calloway and Barry O'Connell are co-editors of Native Ameicans of the Northeast: Culture, History, and the Contemporary, a series of books published by The University of Massachusetts Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0312083505
• ISBN 13: 9780312083502
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Colin G. Calloway