Wilson, James, 1948-

The earth shall weep : a history of Native America / James Wilson. - 1st American ed. - New York : [Berkeley, Calif. : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1999] - xxix, 466 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-449).

Origins -- This is How It Was: Two Views of History -- Contact: In the Balance -- Invasion -- Northeast: One -- 'You will have the worst by our absence' -- Northeast: Two -- 'A new found Golgotha' -- New York and the 'Ohio Country' -- 'We shall not be like father and son, but like brothers' -- Southeast -- 'Get a little further: you are too near me' -- Southwest -- Return of the white brother.

Gott, "places the 'Native Americans' at the center of the historical stage, abandoning the traditional version of the American past in which the 'Indians' had a subservient role on the periphery of someone else's epic." -- London Literary Review.

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Indians, Treatment of--North America.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians, North American--history.
Indiens, Attitudes envers les--Amâerique du Nord.

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