Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast (Indians of the Southeast) [Paperback]

Peter H. Wood (Editor), M. Thomas Hatley (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0803297270 | ISBN-13: 978-0803297272

Twelve original essays highlight new approaches and current work by leading historians, anthropologists, and archaeologists. Contributors are Helen Hornbeck Tanner; Amy Turner Bushnell; Daniel Usner, Jr.; Stephen Potter; Patricia Galloway; James Merrell; Martha McCartney; Marvin Smith; Vernon James Knight, Jr.; and the editors, Peter Wood; Gregory A. Waselkov; and M. Thomas Hatley, who also provided a preface and introductions to the book's three thematic sections (Geography and Population, Politics and Economics, Symbols and Society). Combining ethnohistory, archaeology, anthropology, cartography, and demography, Powhatan’s Mantle is a provocative introduction to the dramatically changing world of southeastern Indians during the colonial era.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"For any course aimed at covering either southeastern Indians or southeastern colonial history in any real depth, it should be required reading."—Georgia Historical Quarterly

(Georgia Historical Quarterly )

"The book is flawless in terms of its presentation."—Southeastern Archaeology

(Southeastern Archaeology )

"Thought-provoking and stimulating . . . an important work that enhances one''s knowledge of the colonial southeastern Indians."—North Carolina Historical Review

(North Carolina Historical Review )

About the Author

Peter Wood teaches history at Duke University and is the author of Black Majority (1974). Gregory Waselkov, an expert in Indian archaeology, is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of South Alabama. M. Thomas Hatley, an environmental historian, is executive director of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development in New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 355 pages
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803297270
• ISBN-13: 978-0803297272
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,878,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)