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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
rainbowbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
This book should be used by history teachers to create a broader narrative of what was going on in the United States beyond the scope of current history books.
symski's review against another edition
1.0
Great concept, a subject I would love to learn more about. Tragically it is so horribly organized and bogged down it becomes nearly impossible to get anything out of it before your mind starts begging for you to stop.
Half of the text is redundant, either restating something that was just mentioned because the author needed to take a whole paragraph to assure you that what you just read about history... had an impact on history. Thanks, but I'm not grading you on connecting your points back to your thesis statement. I can figure it out from here.
It also is frustratingly structured in that it unnecessarily goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth through time, so you have to read about the same span of 10-15 years 30 times in related and connected accounts that could have been consolidated into one section to offer more flow, instead of constantly repeating things that were just gone over one or two sections ago and then tossing in one individual's perspective on the matter.
Frustrating, frustrating. I've decided halfway through to let myself give up and put it down. Hopefully someone picks it up as a documentary series and has some more sense of organization, because yeah, I really wanted to be able to learn from this book.
Half of the text is redundant, either restating something that was just mentioned because the author needed to take a whole paragraph to assure you that what you just read about history... had an impact on history. Thanks, but I'm not grading you on connecting your points back to your thesis statement. I can figure it out from here.
It also is frustratingly structured in that it unnecessarily goes back and forth, back and forth, back and forth through time, so you have to read about the same span of 10-15 years 30 times in related and connected accounts that could have been consolidated into one section to offer more flow, instead of constantly repeating things that were just gone over one or two sections ago and then tossing in one individual's perspective on the matter.
Frustrating, frustrating. I've decided halfway through to let myself give up and put it down. Hopefully someone picks it up as a documentary series and has some more sense of organization, because yeah, I really wanted to be able to learn from this book.
josiah_mannion's review against another edition
Need to go back and start it over, just got distracted by too many other books for too long.
errynnnn's review against another edition
4.0
WOW!! I loved the way everything was organized and set up in this book! The sequence of events is close enough to being chronological that it is entirely pleasing to my brain.
While I 100% recommend this book, if you do not already have experience with Native American history, maybe look over a brief review and THEN read this. Blackhawk does go into detail about this history, I just feel like it would make so much more sense if you had a better understanding of what exactly is being talked about. And while I do not think it is a “beginners” or “introductory” book, you could still 100% pick this up and understand the vast majority of the books content.
All in all, def recommend! Please read this, it is so enlightening and breaks-down SO much of America’s forgotten and/or ignored history.
While I 100% recommend this book, if you do not already have experience with Native American history, maybe look over a brief review and THEN read this. Blackhawk does go into detail about this history, I just feel like it would make so much more sense if you had a better understanding of what exactly is being talked about. And while I do not think it is a “beginners” or “introductory” book, you could still 100% pick this up and understand the vast majority of the books content.
All in all, def recommend! Please read this, it is so enlightening and breaks-down SO much of America’s forgotten and/or ignored history.