The interactions between Indians and Europeans changed America--and
both cultures.
Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as
the birth of this country, in fact early America existed long before the
arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had
created enduring cultures, and the subsequent European invasion remade
much of the land and society. In New Worlds for All, Colin G. Calloway
explores the unique and vibrant new cultures that Indians and Europeans
forged together in early America. The journey toward this hybrid society
kept Europeans' and Indians' lives tightly entwined: living, working,
worshiping, traveling, and trading together--as well as fearing,
avoiding, despising, and killing one another. In some areas, settlers
lived in Indian towns, eating Indian food. In the Mohawk Valley of New
York, Europeans tattooed their faces; Indians drank tea. A unique
American identity emerged.
The second edition of New Worlds for All incorporates fifteen years of
additional scholarship on Indian-European relations, such as the role of
gender, Indian slavery, relationships with African Americans, and new
understandings of frontier society.