{"product_id":"blood-and-land-9780141976303","title":"Blood and Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A history of resilience ... sweeping, comprehensive ... it''s a story that has been waiting to be told'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''An  account sorely needed ... a kaleidoscopic view of Native American  history, refreshing and rollicking, and not unlike its fractured  reality'' \u003ci\u003eStandpoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood and Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history  and achievements of Native North Americans, and why they matter today.  It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without  comprehending the original inhabitants of the United States and Canada:  Native Americans, First Nations and Arctic peoples.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly  personal book, based on years of travel and first-hand research in North  America, introduces a deeply complex story, of myriad identities and  determined ethnicities - from the desert Southwest to the high Arctic,  from first contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the  challenges of Native leadership today. Instead of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResisting the tendency toward generalisation that is the inherent danger of thematic survey, King emphasises singularity, contrast and diversification ... the early sections of the chapter on language and literature contain the most lucid and succinct discussion of the nature, origin and diversification of Native American languages - a subject central to the understanding of Native American history - that I have ever read ... [an] excellent panoramic survey -- Ciaran Brady * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood and Land\u003c\/i\u003e is an account - at least from my American perspective - sorely needed...general histories of Native America are difficult to write and King does a superlative job -- David Bahr * Standpoint *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood and Land \u003c\/i\u003eis to be commended for its ambition. The subjects covered are fascinating ... an eminently readable work -- Karen Jones * BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA panoramic portrait ...a delight for the browsers and sifters among us who may be more engaged by the stories of early 20th century Kikapoo travelling snake-oil salesmen than by the minutiae of constitutional haggling and treaty-making -- Melanie McGrath * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eKing sees through clear and intelligent eyes, with a scholarship that is deep, wide, and liberated from cliché or stereotype, the vast complexities and nuances that motivate and shape not only the past but, even more important, the present and future of the first citizens of North America. -- W. Richard West, Jr. * Founding Director, Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732497215831,"sku":"9780141976303","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141976303.jpg?v=1719997143","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/blood-and-land-9780141976303","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}