In the summer of 1790 the Italian explorer Count Paolo Andreani embarked on a journey that would take him through New York State and eastern Iroquoia. Traveling along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, Andreani kept a meticulous record of his observations and experiences in the New World. Published complete for the first time in English, the diary is of major importance to those interested in life after the American Revolution, political affairs in the New Republic, and Native American peoples.
Through Andreani's writings, we glimpse a world in cultural, economic, and political transition. An...
In the summer of 1790 the Italian explorer Count Paolo Andreani embarked on a journey that would take him through New York State and eastern Iroquo...
-How should we approach The History of the Five Indian Nations today? The book's information--rich as it is--should be critically interrogated and placed in social, political, and cultural context. The book reflects the outlook of a colonial British agent and, in a more general sense, of early modern European and Euro-American culture. Its claims of empirical objectivity should be historicized.---John M. Dixon, -Imperial Politics, Enlightenment Philosophy, and Transatlantic Print Culture-
-The History of the Five Indian Nations remains an invaluable font of...
-How should we approach The History of the Five Indian Nations today? The book's information--rich as it is--should be critically interrog...
"This modern edition combines the front matter and six chapters of the 1727 New York publication with the thirteen chapters issued in London in 1747"--Introduction.
"This modern edition combines the front matter and six chapters of the 1727 New York publication with the thirteen chapters issued in London in 1747"-...
