A gathering of interviews that span 14 years, from 1984 to 1998, this volume contains opinions that will not surprise anybody familiar with the political ideas of Noam Chomsky. Some of these ideas resist the passing of time better than others, and yet the...

Abstract The mode and tempo of colonization of the Americas established the initial pattern of continental genetic diversity. Despite a long history of study, the process of settlement remains controversial in terms of date, rate, and pattern. While there is agreement that Asia was...

In the following essay, which originally appeared in Spanish in 1990, Rivera discusses the debate in Spanish America concerning whether American Indians were best categorized as brutes or humans, either position having important implications for how natives would be governed, whether they would be compelled to work or worship, and what educational opportunities they would have.

In the following excerpt, MacKenthun argues that English adventurers and colonists, like the Spanish before them, became fixated on images of American Indians as cannibals to justify conquest, and perhaps, to even mask their own cruelty and savagery.

In the following essay, Vaughan analyzes five of the most common paradigms the English used to describe Native Americans, ranging from viewing them as wildmen or even monsters to considering them one of the lost tribes of Israel.

Essay deals with the religious persecution in Europe which led to an American refuge in the 17th century.

Why did the European nations discover America before China? The European nations were greedy and not united, which gave more explorers the sanctioning they needed to find the materials they craved. They also had a geographical advantage in terms of transport. Despite these advantages, the Europeans encountered several consequences, including money, governing problems, and battling nations.