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Natives and Newcomers describes the major encounters between Indians and Europeans -- first contacts, communications, epidemics, trade and gift-giving, social a

According to convential nineteenth-century wisdom, societies of European origin were naturally progressive; native societies were static. One consequence of thi

Although much has been written about the Old Northwest, The Boundaries between Us fills a void in this historical literature by examining the interaction betwee

A collection of articles that describe the relationships and encounters between Native Americans and Europeans throughout American history.

This important contribution to the literature on mobility in nineteenth-century America examines with a fine microscope the world of work in Poughkeepsie, New Y