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Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500–1776
Alden T. Vaughan
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Description for Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500–1776
Paperback. Transatlantic Encounters examines the diverse origins and experiences of approximately 175 American Indians and Inuits who traveled to the British Isles before the American Revolution. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Transatlantic Encounters examines the diverse origins and experiences of approximately 175 American Indians and Inuits who traveled to the British Isles before the American Revolution. Their homelands ranged from northern Canada to Brazil, their ages from infant to nonagenarian, their statuses from slave (the largest category) to 'emperor', their occupations from warrior to missionary. Some American natives died soon after arrival, but others remained as long as fourteen years and returned home; still others, their arrival and death dates undocumented, may have endured long lives abroad. And always, Indians and Inuits fascinated the British people, whether the Americans were captives ... Read more
Transatlantic Encounters examines the diverse origins and experiences of approximately 175 American Indians and Inuits who traveled to the British Isles before the American Revolution. Their homelands ranged from northern Canada to Brazil, their ages from infant to nonagenarian, their statuses from slave (the largest category) to 'emperor', their occupations from warrior to missionary. Some American natives died soon after arrival, but others remained as long as fourteen years and returned home; still others, their arrival and death dates undocumented, may have endured long lives abroad. And always, Indians and Inuits fascinated the British people, whether the Americans were captives ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521738170
SKU
V9780521738170
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About Alden T. Vaughan
Alden T. Vaughan is Affiliate Professor of History at Clark University and Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, where he taught for several decades. He is the author of many books, including Shakespeare's Caliban: A Cultural History (1991), with his wife, Virginia Mason Vaughan.
Reviews for Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in Britain, 1500–1776
'This book has been needed for a long time. Transatlantic Encounters is groundbreaking in the range and thoroughness of its coverage. With lucid prose and vivid images that Cambridge University Press did well to reproduce, it could work well, at least in extracts, for undergraduate classes. For years to come it will serve as an indispensable resource for the study ... Read more