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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Invasion of America, by the Europeans

The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest, by Francis Jennings (TPB, 1976, $1.75)

From the white point of view, Europeans "discovered" a "virgin" land when they landed in New England. From the native point of view, the Europeans were invaders. "Europeans did not find a wilderness here, rather, however involuntarily, they made one... The so-called settlement of America was a resettlement, a reoccupation of a land made waste by the diseases and demoralization introduced by the newcomers."

This is not the traditional story of the Puritans and the New England Indians. Look for this book in the Native American section, avail. 11/29.