Civilizations under Siege: The European Conquest of the Americas

Index (27)

By Edward J. Dodson

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Not Quite all Quiet on the Western Front



1. Viking Settlement and the Mandans
2. Development of the Indigenous Tribes

   Life before Europeans Arrived

   
   
3. The Appearance of Settled and More Highly Structured Groups
4. Communitarian Way of Life
5. The Debate over the Morality Questions
6. The Quest for Land

   To Divide and Conquer

   
   
7. Pattern of Exploration and Annihilation
8. Resisting the European Onslaught
9. Jefferson's Attitude towards the Indigenous Peoples
10. "Democratical Radicals"

    African Empires and Societies

    
    
11. African Empires
12. European Conquest & Commerce in Africa

    The Quest for Monopoly in the East

    
    
13. Portugal & Spain: Quest for Monopoly in the East
14. Spain's Territorial Conquest in the Americas

    North/South Conflicts Reach the Americas

    
    
15. Europe's North/South Conflicts Reach the Americas
16. Shifting the Balance of Power
17. Right of Occupancy in North America
18. Conflict for Soveignty in North America Continued

    Sovereignty Denied

    
    
19. First European Exploration and Exploitation
20. Unanticipated Changes lead to War
21. Final Stage of Conquest
22. Westward Migration towards the Interior

    Purchasing Sovereignty from Thieves

    
    
23. Creating a Frontier Society after the Louisiana Purchase
24. Tribal Resistance under the Leadership of Tecumseh
25. Removal of the Cherokees to Oklahoma
26. The Seeds of Empirebuilding
27. Conclusion

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