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In Facing East from Indian Country, historian Daniel K. Richter re‑examines the first three centuries of European presence in eastern North America. He argues that Native Americans controlled most of the region for centuries after Columbus and profoundly influenced its political, economic, and cultural development. By foregrounding indigenous perspectives, the book shows how Native societies adapted to new challenges—biological, economic, and environmental—before the American Revolution upended the fragile coexistence that had allowed both peoples to thrive. Richter’s work challenges commonly held assumptions about the early United States and places Native experience at the core of its birth and identity.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Daniel K. Richter
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