The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

The title of this book implies something more groundbreaking and controversial than the simple history that it is. While the book is somewhat long, it tries to cover too much ground. It presents a history of the Native American encounters with Europeans in the United States. This includes a number of very different groups with different interactions. There is little background of the different tribes, making it somewhat difficult to separate one from the other. This is especially problematic during discussions of different interactions by different groups. Having more background would help understand the differences. This may be too broad of a history to take on in one book. It would be helpful to break it up into smaller sections in order to provide an Indian history where the encounter with the Europeans is only part of the story.