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One vast winter count : the Native American west before Lewis and Clark / Colin G. Calloway.

By: Series: History of the American WestPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xvii, 631 pages : illustrations, map ; 2003Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780803264656
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E78 .W5 C35 2003
Contents:
The West before 1500. Pioneers ; Singing up a new world -- Invaders south and north, 1500-1730. Sons of the sun and people of the earth ; Rebellions and reconquests ; Calumet and Fleur-de-lys -- Winning and losing the war in the West, 1700-1800. The coming of the centaurs ; People in between and people on the edge ; The killing years -- Epilogue: The slave in the chariot.
Review: "One Vast Winter Count offers a new look at the early history of the region - a blending of ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. It features Native voices and perspectives; a masterful, fluid integration of a wide range of oral and archival sources from across the West; a dynamic reconstruction of cultural histories; and balanced consideration of controversial subjects and issues. Calloway offers an unparalleled glimpse at the lives of generations of Native peoples in a western land soon to be overrun."--Jacket
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks E78 .W5 C35 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001522696

Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-596) and index.

The West before 1500. Pioneers ; Singing up a new world -- Invaders south and north, 1500-1730. Sons of the sun and people of the earth ; Rebellions and reconquests ; Calumet and Fleur-de-lys -- Winning and losing the war in the West, 1700-1800. The coming of the centaurs ; People in between and people on the edge ; The killing years -- Epilogue: The slave in the chariot.

"One Vast Winter Count offers a new look at the early history of the region - a blending of ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. It features Native voices and perspectives; a masterful, fluid integration of a wide range of oral and archival sources from across the West; a dynamic reconstruction of cultural histories; and balanced consideration of controversial subjects and issues. Calloway offers an unparalleled glimpse at the lives of generations of Native peoples in a western land soon to be overrun."--Jacket

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