"Camilla Townsend's stunning new book, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world---not only to the invading British but to ourselves.Neither naive nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might o ..."
Malintzin's Choices(1st Edition) An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico (Dialogos) (Diálogos Series) von ProfessorCamillaTownsend Paperback, 303 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2006 von University Of New Mexico Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-3405-3, ISBN: 0-8263-3405-9
"Malintzin was the indigenous woman who translated for Hernando Cortés in his dealings with the Aztec emperor Moctezuma in the days of 1519 to 1521. 'Malintzin,' at least, was what the Indians called her. The Spanish called her doña Marina, and she has become known to posterity as La Malinche. As Malinche, she has long been regarded as a traitor to her people, a dangerously sexy, scheming woman who gave Cortés whatever he wanted out of h ..."
"Of the People: A History of the United States, Third Edition, not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ord ..."
"Of the People: A History of the United States, Third Edition, not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ord ..."
"Of the People: A History of the United States, Third Edition, not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ord ..."
"Of the People: A History of the United States, Third Edition, not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ord ..."
"Of the People: A History of the United States not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ordinary--revealing ..."
"Of the People: A History of the United States not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything but certain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people--some famous, some ordinary--revealing ..."
"Of the People: A Concise History of the United States, Second Edition, not only tells the history of America - of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals - but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything butcertain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people - some famou ..."
"Of the People: A Concise History of the United States, Second Edition, not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals - but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this country's evolution has been anything butcertain, from its complex beginnings to its modern challenges. This comprehensive survey focuses on the social and political lives of people - some famous ..."
Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma(1st Edition) The American Portraits Series (American Portrait Series) von ProfessorCamillaTownsend Hardcover, 240 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2004 von Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-9530-8, ISBN: 0-8090-9530-0
"Camilla Townsend's stunning new book differs from all previous biographies of Pocahontas in capturing how similar seventeenth century Native Americans were--in the way they saw, understood, and struggled to control their world---not only to the invading British but to ourselves.Neither naïve nor innocent, Indians like Pocahontas and her father, the powerful king Powhatan, confronted the vast might of the English with sophistication, dip ..."
Fifth Sun A New History of the Aztecs (Paperback) von CamillaTownsend Paperback, Veröffentlicht 2021 von Oxford University Press Inc, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-19-757766-0, ISBN: 0-19-757766-0
"In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued by the Roman alphabet and, unbeknownst to the ..."