The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress
Subtitle: a catalog of the gift of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation to the Library of Congress
By: Arthur Dunkelman ; with essays by Ralph Ehrenberg ... [et al.].
Contributors: Dunkelman, Arthur.; Ehrenberg, Ralph E., 1937-
Publisher: Washington, D.C.; Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Library of Congress
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780844411804
Subjects: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) -- Catalogs; Indians -- First contact with Europeans -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Indians of Central America -- History -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Indians of Mexico -- History -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Indians of North America -- History -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; America -- History -- To 1810 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; America -- Discovery and exploration -- European -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Florida -- History -- To 1821 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Caribbean Area -- History -- To 1810 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; America -- Ethnic relations -- Bibliography -- Catalogs
Genres: Bibliography; Catalogs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Dr. James Billington; title: Collector's note / Jay I. Kislak; title: Introduction / Arthur Dunkelman; title: From the Olmec to the encounter : the indigenous cultures before European contact / introduction by Robert Sharer; title: Columbus and the encounter / introduction by John Lombardi; title: The conquest; title: The new geography / introduction by Ralph Ehrenberg; title: Histories and chronicles; title: Voyages and travels / introduction by Norman Fiering; title: The social order : colonial law, treaties, and trade; title: Natural history, ethnography, and archaeology; title: Florida and the circum-Caribbean; title: The new nation : the United States.