One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780803215306)

This magnificent, sweeping account traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Colin G. Calloway depicts Indian country west of the Appalachians to the Pacific, with emphasis on conflict and change. With broad and incisive strokes Calloway's narrative includes: the first inhabitants and their early pursuit of big-game animals; the diffusion of corn and how it transformed American Indian life; the Spanish invasion and Indian resistance to Spanish colonialism; French-Indian relations in the heart of the continent; the diffusion of horses and horse culture; the collision of rival European empires and the experiences of Indian peoples whose homelands became imperial borderlands; and the dramatic events between the American Revolution and the arrival of Lewis and Clark. The account ends as a new American nation emerged independent of the British Empire, took over the trans-Mississippi West, and began to expand its own empire based on the concept of liberty and the acquisition of Indian land. One Vast Winter Count offers a new look at the early history of the region-a blending of ethnohistory, colonial history, and frontier history. It features Native voices and perspectives; a masterful, fluid integration of a wide range of oral and archival sources from across the West; a dynamic reconstruction of cultural histories; and balanced consideration of controversial subjects and issues. Calloway offers an unparalleled glimpse at the lives of generations of Native peoples in a western land soon to be overrun. Colin G. Calloway is a professor of history, Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies, and chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College. He is the coeditor of Germans and Indians: Fantasies, Projections, Encounters (Nebraska 2002) and the author of many publications including New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America.

Author: Colin G. Calloway
ISBN-10: 0803215304
ISBN-13: 9780803215306
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2003
Pages: 652
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.38lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.34w x 1.87d
Award: Spur Awards - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Atlantic Monthly 09/01/2003 pg. 138
Publishers Weekly 09/01/2003 pg. 78
Library Journal 09/01/2003 pg. 183
Booklist 09/15/2003 pg. 196
Multicultural Review 06/01/2004 pg. 68
New York Review of Books 07/15/2004 pg. 47
Choice 05/01/2004 pg. 1722
Library Journal 08/01/2003
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2004 pg. 107 - Strongly Recommended