An infinity of nations how the native New World shaped early North America / [electronic resource] :
Michael Witgen.
- 1st ed.
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012.
- vi, 450 p. : ill., maps.
- Early American studies .
Based on the author's 2004 thesis (Ph. D.) from the University of Washington.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Discovery -- pt. 2. The new world -- pt. 3. The illusion of empire -- pt. 4. Sovereignty : the making of North America's new nations.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789. Indians of North America--Colonization--History. Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.