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"A scarifying, blood-soaked portrait of savagery on the early frontier—much of it committed by European settlers . . . superb."—Kirkus Reviews (starred) An acclaimed historian captures the true nature of imperialism in early America, demonstrating how the frontier shaped the nation. We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroism? Or was it where the full force of an all-powerful empire was brought to bear on Native peoples? In this startingly original work, historian Robert Parkinson presents a new account of ever-shifting encounters between white colonists and Native Americans. Drawing skillfully on Joseph Conrad's famous novella, Heart of Darkness, he demonstrates that imperialism in North America was neither heroic nor a perfectly planned conquest. It was, rather, as bewildering, violent, and haphazard as the European colonization of Africa,...
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- Author
- Robert G. Parkinson
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781324091783
- Category
- nonfiction
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