Author: James Axtell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195035964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Colonial North America was not only a battleground for furs and land, but for allegiances as well. While the colonial French and English were locked in heated competition for the most native allies, the Indians sought to preserve their own independence, alighning themselves only when necessary with the colonial group that offered the best material and spiritual wares. Here, ethnohistorian James Axtell takes a fresh look at this contest of cultures to reveal why and how the French and Indians were able to rise so effectively to the challenge posed by English imperial design. Although the English offered better trade goods, they were ultimately defeated by their own stubborn need to impose their way of life on the reluctant native Americans. The French Jesuits, on the other hand, managed to keep the English at bay for a century and a half by adapting themselves to native life and so converting thousands of Indians to Catholicism. this is the first of three volumes in James Axtell's new series, THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF NORTH AMERICA. The series is designed to provide an overview of the realtions between the three separate cultures that together formed America's roots, and offers a new perspective on America's colonial past.
The invasion within
Author: James Axtell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195035964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Colonial North America was not only a battleground for furs and land, but for allegiances as well. While the colonial French and English were locked in heated competition for the most native allies, the Indians sought to preserve their own independence, alighning themselves only when necessary with the colonial group that offered the best material and spiritual wares. Here, ethnohistorian James Axtell takes a fresh look at this contest of cultures to reveal why and how the French and Indians were able to rise so effectively to the challenge posed by English imperial design. Although the English offered better trade goods, they were ultimately defeated by their own stubborn need to impose their way of life on the reluctant native Americans. The French Jesuits, on the other hand, managed to keep the English at bay for a century and a half by adapting themselves to native life and so converting thousands of Indians to Catholicism. this is the first of three volumes in James Axtell's new series, THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF NORTH AMERICA. The series is designed to provide an overview of the realtions between the three separate cultures that together formed America's roots, and offers a new perspective on America's colonial past.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195035964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Colonial North America was not only a battleground for furs and land, but for allegiances as well. While the colonial French and English were locked in heated competition for the most native allies, the Indians sought to preserve their own independence, alighning themselves only when necessary with the colonial group that offered the best material and spiritual wares. Here, ethnohistorian James Axtell takes a fresh look at this contest of cultures to reveal why and how the French and Indians were able to rise so effectively to the challenge posed by English imperial design. Although the English offered better trade goods, they were ultimately defeated by their own stubborn need to impose their way of life on the reluctant native Americans. The French Jesuits, on the other hand, managed to keep the English at bay for a century and a half by adapting themselves to native life and so converting thousands of Indians to Catholicism. this is the first of three volumes in James Axtell's new series, THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF NORTH AMERICA. The series is designed to provide an overview of the realtions between the three separate cultures that together formed America's roots, and offers a new perspective on America's colonial past.
Invasion Within
Author: Domenick J. Maglio
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 9780895260444
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Dr. Maglio reveals--and busts--the 16 destructive myths of the modern relativist movement, including the myths that the vulgarity of popular culture is harmless and traditional values are out of date.
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
ISBN: 9780895260444
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Dr. Maglio reveals--and busts--the 16 destructive myths of the modern relativist movement, including the myths that the vulgarity of popular culture is harmless and traditional values are out of date.
Robert Wilson and the Invasion from Within
Author: Scott Ruesterholz
Publisher: Permuted Press
ISBN: 1642939293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Alien conqueror, Anton Frozos, sends Robert Wilson, a top graduate of a spy-training program, to Earth to gain influence and prime the planet for its eventual conquest. Robert uses his advanced knowledge and technology to amass significant power and fortune in the business world. However, Robert has concealed aspects of his past from Frozos, which may complicate his loyalty. When Frozos’s forces arrive several years later, Robert must decide whether to support the man who has lifted him from a life of enslavement or defect and ally with Earth. This choice forces Robert to insert himself into the political process, opposing American President Nick Neverian, as the planet decides whether to forcefully resist invasion or accept Frozos’s demands. Robert’s own past with President Neverian, a one-time ally and now foe, further complicates his decision-making. As the crisis builds, will nations be brought to the brink of war? Will governments be toppled while the world reckons with Frozos’s army amassing in the sky?
Publisher: Permuted Press
ISBN: 1642939293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Alien conqueror, Anton Frozos, sends Robert Wilson, a top graduate of a spy-training program, to Earth to gain influence and prime the planet for its eventual conquest. Robert uses his advanced knowledge and technology to amass significant power and fortune in the business world. However, Robert has concealed aspects of his past from Frozos, which may complicate his loyalty. When Frozos’s forces arrive several years later, Robert must decide whether to support the man who has lifted him from a life of enslavement or defect and ally with Earth. This choice forces Robert to insert himself into the political process, opposing American President Nick Neverian, as the planet decides whether to forcefully resist invasion or accept Frozos’s demands. Robert’s own past with President Neverian, a one-time ally and now foe, further complicates his decision-making. As the crisis builds, will nations be brought to the brink of war? Will governments be toppled while the world reckons with Frozos’s army amassing in the sky?
The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century
Author: Donald Fixico
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1607321491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century, Second Edition is updated through the first decade of the twenty-first century and contains a new chapter challenging Americans--Indian and non-Indian--to begin healing the earth. This analysis of the struggle to protect not only natural resources but also a way of life serves as an indispensable tool for students or anyone interested in Native American history and current government policy with regard to Indian lands or the environment.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1607321491
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century, Second Edition is updated through the first decade of the twenty-first century and contains a new chapter challenging Americans--Indian and non-Indian--to begin healing the earth. This analysis of the struggle to protect not only natural resources but also a way of life serves as an indispensable tool for students or anyone interested in Native American history and current government policy with regard to Indian lands or the environment.
Cobra II
Author: Michael R. Gordon
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375424245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq. A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency that followed. As Gordon and Trainor show, the brutal aftermath was not inevitable and was a surprise to the generals on both sides. Based on access to unseen documents and exclusive interviews with the men and women at the heart of the war, Cobra II provides firsthand accounts of the fighting on the ground and the high-level planning behind the scenes. Now with a new afterword that addresses what transpired after the fateful events of the summer of 2003, this is a peerless re-creation and analysis of the central event of our times.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375424245
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq. A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency that followed. As Gordon and Trainor show, the brutal aftermath was not inevitable and was a surprise to the generals on both sides. Based on access to unseen documents and exclusive interviews with the men and women at the heart of the war, Cobra II provides firsthand accounts of the fighting on the ground and the high-level planning behind the scenes. Now with a new afterword that addresses what transpired after the fateful events of the summer of 2003, this is a peerless re-creation and analysis of the central event of our times.
Invasion of the Body
Author: Nicholas L. Tilney
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674062280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A pioneering organ transplant surgeon narrates in gripping detail the revolutions that have transformed modern surgery, and the turmoil in medical education and health care reform as new capacities to prolong life and restore health run headlong into unsustainable costs. Tilney’s stage is the famous Boston teaching hospital, Brigham and Women's.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674062280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
A pioneering organ transplant surgeon narrates in gripping detail the revolutions that have transformed modern surgery, and the turmoil in medical education and health care reform as new capacities to prolong life and restore health run headlong into unsustainable costs. Tilney’s stage is the famous Boston teaching hospital, Brigham and Women's.
The Invasion
Author: Peadar Ó Guilin
Publisher: Call
ISBN: 9781338045628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Although Anto and Nessa feel lucky to have survived the Call, their happiness comes to an end when Nessa is labeled a traitor and Anto is forced to remain behind enemy lines.
Publisher: Call
ISBN: 9781338045628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Although Anto and Nessa feel lucky to have survived the Call, their happiness comes to an end when Nessa is labeled a traitor and Anto is forced to remain behind enemy lines.
Invasion
Author: D. C. Alden
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1905237979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 651
Book Description
June 2019: The minutes tick away toward six pm. As commuters stream out of central London a truck idles by the pavement in Whitehall, its cargo bay packed with powerful explosives. Chaos is about to begin. The face of Europe is about to change, moulded by a series of events that will have global repercussions far into the future.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1905237979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 651
Book Description
June 2019: The minutes tick away toward six pm. As commuters stream out of central London a truck idles by the pavement in Whitehall, its cargo bay packed with powerful explosives. Chaos is about to begin. The face of Europe is about to change, moulded by a series of events that will have global repercussions far into the future.
The Invasion
Author: Peadar O'Guilin
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 1910989665
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR HIGH TREASON!Imagine that your country is full of people ready to betray their family and friends to the cruel and pitiless ENEMY. Then, think that everyone has branded YOU as the traitor . . .Nessa is locked in a maximum-security prison where death awaits her, with only murderers and the monstrous for company. And now the ENEMY is about to invade . . .CAN NESSA ESCAPE TO STOP THE INVASION AND PREVENT THE BLOODSHED? Find out in this thrilling sequel to The Call!
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 1910989665
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR HIGH TREASON!Imagine that your country is full of people ready to betray their family and friends to the cruel and pitiless ENEMY. Then, think that everyone has branded YOU as the traitor . . .Nessa is locked in a maximum-security prison where death awaits her, with only murderers and the monstrous for company. And now the ENEMY is about to invade . . .CAN NESSA ESCAPE TO STOP THE INVASION AND PREVENT THE BLOODSHED? Find out in this thrilling sequel to The Call!
Colonial Entanglement
Author: Jean Dennison
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 080783744X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
From 2004 to 2006 the Osage Nation conducted a contentious governmental reform process in which sharply differing visions arose over the new government's goals, the Nation's own history, and what it means to be Osage. The primary debates were focused on biology, culture, natural resources, and sovereignty. Osage anthropologist Jean Dennison documents the reform process in order to reveal the lasting effects of colonialism and to illuminate the possibilities for indigenous sovereignty. In doing so, she brings to light the many complexities of defining indigenous citizenship and governance in the twenty-first century. By situating the 2004-6 Osage Nation reform process within its historical and current contexts, Dennison illustrates how the Osage have creatively responded to continuing assaults on their nationhood. A fascinating account of a nation in the midst of its own remaking, Colonial Entanglement presents a sharp analysis of how legacies of European invasion and settlement in North America continue to affect indigenous people's views of selfhood and nationhood.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 080783744X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
From 2004 to 2006 the Osage Nation conducted a contentious governmental reform process in which sharply differing visions arose over the new government's goals, the Nation's own history, and what it means to be Osage. The primary debates were focused on biology, culture, natural resources, and sovereignty. Osage anthropologist Jean Dennison documents the reform process in order to reveal the lasting effects of colonialism and to illuminate the possibilities for indigenous sovereignty. In doing so, she brings to light the many complexities of defining indigenous citizenship and governance in the twenty-first century. By situating the 2004-6 Osage Nation reform process within its historical and current contexts, Dennison illustrates how the Osage have creatively responded to continuing assaults on their nationhood. A fascinating account of a nation in the midst of its own remaking, Colonial Entanglement presents a sharp analysis of how legacies of European invasion and settlement in North America continue to affect indigenous people's views of selfhood and nationhood.