Settling with the Indians: The meeting of English and Indian cultures in America, 1580-1640

by Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Book by Kupperman, Karen Ordahl

Genres: American History, History

Loose Leaf

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Karen Ordahl Kupperman is an American historian who specializes in colonial history in the Atlantic world of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
She was born in North Dakota, but moved often during her childhood. She studied History at the University of Missouri, after which she obtained a prestigious Woodrow Wilson fellowship and attended Harvard University, graduating with a MA in 1962. She later attended the University of Cambridge to earn her PhD.

Reviews

[Ethan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting argument. Basically said that the English settlers were not particularly racist, but mistreated the Native Americans because they (the English) felt threatened or were just generally unpleasant and distrusting. That's kind of a simplification, but...