Jan. 17--The Indians' "New World"


  1. The European Vision of the "New World"--A Reprise
    1. As Land of Opportunity
    2. As Place of Refuge and Base for Social Transformation
  2. Non-Europeans--"Newness" as Alienation
  3. The Native Experience--A Landscape Bewitched
    1. The First Invasion--Disease
      1. Destroying Cultural Memory
      2. Fracturing Cultures and Communities
    2. The Impact of European Trade
      1. Indians as Traders
        1. Prior Experience
        2. Attraction of European Commodities
      2. Corrosive Impact
        1. Abandonment of Self-Sufficiency
        2. Warfare for Resources
          1. Deerskins
          2. Slaves
        3. Conflict with Traders
          1. Defeat in War
          2. The Discovery of Dependence
    3. The European Settler Invasion
      1. A New Landscape--Private Property
      2. The Imposition of European Order
    4. Accomodation
      1. "Reservations"
      2. Adoption of White Ways
      3. "Cultural Pluralism"