1. The Red Continent and the Cant of the Coastline.
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Barr, Juliana
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HISTORIOGRAPHY , *HISTORIOGRAPHY of Native Americans , *SOVEREIGNTY , *NORTH American history ,BRITISH colonies - Abstract
The article discusses the historiography of early North America, with a particular focus on historians' highlighting the English colonies and the early American republic's states on the Atlantic coast and their lack of focus given to the American Indian empires and states within the continental interior. The article frequently references the essay "Second Thoughts on Colonial Historians and American Indians," by James H. Merrell, which appears within this issue. The relationship between the sovereign land of Native Americans and the use of the term "wilderness" by historians is discussed.
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- 2012
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