An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of the continent while European colonies of the Atlantic World were largely confined to the eastern seaboard. To be sure, Native North America experienced far-reaching and radical change following contact with the peoples, things, and ideas that flowed inland following the creation of European colonies on North American soil. Most of the continent's indigenous peoples, however, were not...
An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth centur...
Based on a sweeping range of archival, visual, and material evidence, "Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians" examines perceptions of Indians in French colonial Louisiana and demonstrates that material culture especially dress was central to the elaboration of discourses about race.
At the heart of France's seventeenth-century plans for colonizing New France was a formal policy Frenchification. Intended to turn Indians into Catholic subjects of the king, it also carried with it the belief that Indians could become French through religion, language, and culture. This fluid and mutable...
Based on a sweeping range of archival, visual, and material evidence, "Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians" examines perceptions of Indians in F...
