3rd Edition

First Americans: A History of Native Peoples

By Kenneth W. Townsend Copyright 2023
858 Pages 168 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

858 Pages 168 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

858 Pages 168 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Now in its third edition, First Americans has been fully updated to trace Native Americans' experiences through the 2020 election and the Biden administration, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crisis of murdered and missing indigenous women. This book provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearances in North America to the present, highlighting the... Read more

1. Native North America before European Contact  2. Native Peoples and European Newcomers 982–1585  3. Spanish Borderlands, 1527–1758  4. Europeans and the Eastern Woodlands to 1689  5. Native Americans and European Empire, 1700–1763  6. The Indians’ Revolution, 1763–1814  7. Removal, 1801–1846  8. Western Indians and the United States, 1800–1850  9. The Civil War Years, 1861–1865  10. Conflicting Postwar Directions, 1865–1877  11. The Struggle for Cultural Identity, 1877–1910  12. Progressivism and World War I: Charting Their Own Course in the Twentieth Century, 1900–1920  13. Postwar Directions for Native Americans, 1918–1929  14. The Great Depression, 1929–1940  15. American Indians Join the War Effort, 1940–1945  16. Redefining the Status of Native Americans in Post-World War II America, 1943–1962  17. Indian Activism in the Age of Liberalism, 1961–1980  18. Self-Determination to Decolonization: Native Americans into the Twenty-First Century  19. "We're Still Here"

Biography

Kenneth W. Townsend earned his Ph.D. in American History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991, two years after joining the faculty of the Department of History at Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In addition to his teaching and university service responsibilities, Townsend served as Chair of the Department of History and established the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Coastal Carolina University, acting as its director for two years. He is the author of World War II and the American Indian (2000), South Carolina (On the Road Histories) (2008), and varied articles.