Description:
The Renewed, the Destroyed, and the Remade examines the changing worldviews of the Huron and the Iroquois in the first half of the seventeenth century, during a period of increasing European contact. Differingfrom other works of Native American history on several counts. Native American historiography has not been overly comparative. This work is a comparative history of two culturally similar Native American nations. It also differs in that, rather than another history of Native-European contacts, it is an Indian-centered history.
Brief description:
Roger M. Carpenter is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. His research is focused on the native peoples of the Northeast, the Great Lakes, and the eastern plains, and their reactions to contact with Europeans.
Review Quotes: "Carpenter's original work is superb and will stimulate future thought and scholarship that will continue our conversation about a dramatic era of our past."