The Invasion of America
Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest
By Francis Jennings

392 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 7 illus., 4 maps, appends., notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-7144-7
Published: February 2010
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
About the Author
Francis Jennings (1918-2000) was director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the American Indian at Chicago's Newberry Library. His many other books include Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America and The Creation of America: Through Revolution to Empire.
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Reviews
"The historiography of Indian-European relations will never be the same."—American Historical Review
"Jennings' achievement in this volume is considerable. . . . Studies of cultural contact in New England and elsewhere can now proceed in an atmosphere freed from the 'cant of conquest.'" —New England Quarterly
"An illuminating account that should stand as the corrective to American historiography that [Jennings] intended."—Reviews in American History
"The Invasion of America launched the first major salvo against the provincialism of early American historiography, and the book's urgency, insights, and trenchant critiques endure. Jennings shook the foundations of American historical inquiry to its core, exposing the centrality of settler colonialism in the making of New England. Generations remain indebted to his bold and relentless claims." —Ned Blackhawk, Yale University