History 162: Lecture 2

History 263: Readings in Frontier and Western History



History 162: Lecture 2
THE "COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE" AND NORTH AMERICAN COLONIALISM

  1. Columbus and His Critics
  2. The Making of Indian America
    1. Peopling the Americas
      1. When and How?
      2. How Many?
    2. Diversity of Native North America
    3. Peoples in Motion
  3. The Meeting of Two Old Worlds
    1. Congruities
    2. Contrasts
  4. "Ecological Imperialism" and the Unmaking of Indian America
    1. Exchange of Foods, Flora, and Fauna
    2. Microbes: "Virgin Soil Epidemics"
    3. Widowed Lands


Visuals


Ocean Currents in the Atlantic and the Pacific

The Indian Culture Areas