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by Howard Leavitt (Editor)

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A collection comprising a wide variety of accounts of native peoples describing their initial encounters with European explorers, conquerors, and settlers.

This extraordinary volume gathers together an astonishing array of voices of those so often overlooked by history. First Encounters: Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans reaches back to add important overlooked viewpoints to our understanding of history, gathering together accounts describing the initial experiences of indigenous peoples around the world with European explorers, missionaries, traders, soldiers, and settlers. It is the first such volume with a truly global perspective.

First Encounters brings together 42 authentic, first-person accounts, organized geographically in sections on Africa, North America, South America, greater Australia, and Asia. Selections, each with editor's notes, provide vivid, detailed accounts of the culture clashes that defined an era. From the Opium Wars to the Indian Wars, from the Aztecs who thought the white intruders were gods to the Japanese who thought them barbarians, readers will encounter a stunning array of voices from the other side of history.

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  • Title First Encounters: Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans
  • Author Howard Leavitt (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 292
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Greenwood
  • Publication date 2010-06-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780313351310 / 0313351317
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 7.1 x 0.9 in (25.40 x 18.03 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Indigenous peoples, Colonies - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009053671
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.482

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  • Choice, 04/01/2011, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2010, Page 90
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2010, Page 85

About the author

Howard B. Leavitt, PhD, is a retired academic with a doctorate from Columbia University.
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