Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast
- ISBN-10
- 0803298617
- ISBN-13
- 9780803298613
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 564
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-12-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Authors
- Peter H. Wood, M. Thomas Hatley, Gregory A. Waselkov
Description
Considered to be one of the all-time classic studies of southeastern Native peoples, Powhatan's Mantle proves more topical, comprehensive, and insightful than ever before in this revised edition for twenty-first century scholars and students.
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Other editions
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- 1989
- 355 pages
- Paperback
- University of Nebraska Press
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