![]() ![]() ![]() It then goes on to discuss how the many peoples of the area now known as the United States suffered from, fought against, and survived colonialism and imperialism from the Spanish Conquest through the founding of the United States and then through the growing activism of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book starts by setting the theme of historiography as well as history, encouraging readers to consider the myths that have dominated American storytelling about the past ("North America in 1492 was not a virgin wilderness"), and explores the European culture and economy that developed colonialism. In this adaptation of Dunbar-Ortiz's adult work, Mendoza and Reese bring to young readers this postcolonialist, Native-focused history of the U.S. ![]()
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