Books like The Columbian exchange by Alfred W. Crosby

A comprehensive account of late nineteenth‑century Native American history in the American West, focusing on the Wounded Knee Massacre and the experiences of many tribal nations.

Roxanne Dunbar‑Ortiz presents a comprehensive account of United States history from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, exposing the long‑running colonial and genocidal policies that have silenced native voices.

In this small book David Herlihy makes subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about the Black Death. Looking beyond the view of the plague as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy finds evidence for its role in the advent of new population controls, the establishment of universities, the spread of Christianity, the dissemination of vernacular cultures, and even the rise of nationalism. This book, which displays a distinguished scholar’s masterly synthesis of diverse materials, reveals that the Black Death can be considered the cornerstone of the transformation of Europe.—Publisher

Crosby argues that the expansion of European culture and genetic stock was a function of ecology and biology over time rather than a result of quick and painful conquests.

David E. Stannard examines the 400‑year assault on Native peoples of North and South America, arguing that European colonization and later American expansion constituted the world’s largest genocide.

Description. The Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the Caribbean.

The book analyzes how Old World diseases, climate, and Canadian political policies contributed to the deaths and subjugation of thousands of Aboriginal peoples during the era of Sir John A. Macdonald’s expansion.

Raphael explains the central purpose of his "people's history" thusly: "By uncovering the stories of farmers, artisans, and laborers, we discern how plain folk helped create a revolution strong enough to evict the British Empire from the thirteen colonies. And by digging deeper still, we learn how people with no political standing -- women, Native Americans, African Americans -- altered the shape of a war conceived by others." After carefully reconstructing the histories of all these groups, he concludes: "The story of our nation's founding, told so often from the perspective of the 'founding fathers,' will never ring true unless it can take some account of the Massachusetts farmers who closed the courts, the poor men and boys who fought the battles, the women who followed the troops, the loyalists who viewed themselves as rebels, the pacifists who refused to sign oaths of allegiance, the Native Americans who struggled for their own independence, the southern slaves who fled to the British, the northern slaves who negotiated their freedom by joining the Continental Army". Raphael's account rings true: these people made the American Revolution. - Marcus Rediker, University of Pittsburgh.

A demographic study tracing the population decline and survival strategies of North American Indians through colonial history.

ix, 430 pages : 23 cm