Title New worlds for all : Indians, Europeans, and the remaking of early America / Colin G. Calloway

Edition Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed Published Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps Series The American moment American moment. Contents Introduction:Kaleidoscope of Early America -- 1. Imagining & Creating a New World -- 2. Healing & Disease -- 3. Stuff of Life -- 4.A World of Dreams & Bibles -- 5. New World Warfare & a New World of War -- 6. New World Diplomacy & New World Foreign Policies -- 7. New Nomads & True Nomads -- 8. Crossing & Merging Frontiers -- 9. New Peoples & New Societies -- Conclusion: New Americans and First Americans Summary In New Worlds for All, Calloway explores the unique & vibrant new cultures that Indians & Europeans forged together in early America. The process, Calloway writes, lasted longer than the United States has existed as a nation. During that time, most of America was still "Indian country," & even in areas of European settlement, Indians and Europeans remained a part of each other's daily lives: living, working, worshiping, traveling, & trading together - as well as fearing, avoiding, despising, & killing one another Ranging across the continent & over 300 years, New Worlds for All describes encounters between Spanish conquistadors and Zuni warriors, Huron shamans & French Jesuit missionaries, English merchants & Montagnais traders. Calloway's discussion of conflict & cooperation includes the use of natural resources & shared knowledge about trail networks, herbal medicines, metal tools, & weapons. He depicts the European emulation of Indian military tactics, the varied responses of Indian societies to Christianity, attempts made on all sides to learn the languages and customs of the other, and the intermingling of peoples at the fringes of competing cultures - through captivity & adoption, attempts to escape one's own society & embrace another, or intermarriage. The New World, Calloway concludes, brought new identities for all, as Indian & European cultures combined to create a uniquely American identity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index Notes Print version record Subject Conquerors -- North America -- History Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Conquerors Indians of North America -- Colonial period Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples SUBJECT North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092461 Subject North America Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0801854482 9780801854484 080185959X 9780801859595

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