Warkentin Chapter Summary

Wood, Peter, H. Strange New Land. New York, New York: Oxford, 2003 Publication. Oxford University Press,

These books were similar to each other, however, he took an entirely different path when writing Everyday Life in Early America. This book is easily accessible to any education level, perhaps even an elementary school teacher could read and paraphrase the sections to their students. For anyone interested in what went on in the lives of people in America during the seventeenth century, this would be a good read. From high school to historical scholars, this book is an “introductory” level type of text. This book can stand alone, but it would also make for a very good text book if the

I found that each chapter was very long and I had trouble following the material because it was difficult to read. Each chapter is set up with a brief two page introduction followed by extensive material and visual and primary sources. The chapters include subheadings, which is helpful for differentiating information and understanding the subtopics of each chapter. The index in the back of the textbook was very helpful in finding information. I would look up key words or phrases related to my research and would find page numbers on possible useful information. There were a few chapters I came across when I was contextualizing and analyzing my oral history in which I would like to make some recommendations.

"The Colonization of North America." In Modern History Sourcebook. April 1999- [cited 17 September 2002] Available from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall.mod/modsbook.html., http://curry.eduschool.virginia.edu.

The Salisbury Essay’s main purpose for being written was to show the reader how the certain patterns of the early Natives of North America shaped the continent into what it is today. Before the contact of Europeans, the Natives were a very intelligent and organize group of individuals that started trading goods and riches before the Europeans ever thought they could be able to. Archaeologists believe that the first main group of Natives that started all of the beginning patterns of the Natives and even 10 thousand years before Columbus landed was the Cahokia Indians.

Method of Research: This research essay will be composed of three parts. Firstly, the paper will use analytical research from primary and secondary bibliographical sources; books, biographies, articles, newspapers, government legislative acts, RCMP-First Nations treaty agreement, and relative historical events.

The Gold Rush in British Columbia (B.C) marked the beginning of Canada’s multicultural society. It saw the mass immigration of foreign workers (particularly those from China and other Asian nations), dispersion of Native Americans, and intrusion of poor and middle class europeans seeking riches in the rumoured “El Dorado”. The exhibit attempted to argue these points through its much anticipated “Scholarly Insight” panel, titled Why study a gold rush? The panel identifies three key themes regarding the outcome of the B.C. Gold Rush: that it connected Canada to the rest of the world through the Pacific-Rim, it sparked mass immigration which caused conflicts amongst different ethnic groups, and the Gold Rush was the event that truly united Canada coast to coast. These points were also explored in Christopher Douglas Herbert’s article, A New Take on An Old Town. Exploring the impact through the Cariboo Gold Rush, many parallels can be drawn between the two events, particularly among the economic importance of the the territory to the nation of Canada.

1)Donald Savoie, "All Things Canadian Are Now Regional," Journal of Canadian Studies 35.1 (Summer 2000): 203-217.

In the article “Where the World Began” the author Margaret Laurence represents her life in the Canadian Prairies and parts of Canada, on how she viewed the world .She gives descriptions of her hometown and how her childhood was like in the Canadian Prairies to give a representation of Canada. She states that she has found her own view of the parries and describes her home in the Canadian Prairies as a little microorganism. Throughout the essay, she talks about her memories, the season and the interesting things about her homeland which raises the perspective from the rest of the world. Lawrence's constantly has a deeper meaning and it gets you to think if she is mythologizing her views on Canada in a non fictional autobiographical essay.

The first three major eras of the Pacific Northwest show some remarkable changes. What begins with the first people rapidly becomes a barrage of settlers, development and the harvesting of resources. Each period of time in the PNW brings changes in the people, the geography, and the culture.

The historical literature of First Nations and Peoples’, within North America, have shown inaccuracies and a lack of certain components. This being said, the contents of written history often reflect the points of view of those who have written it; the majority of the historical records composed appear to be homogenized, and

In the Netla Edwards reading “Radiation, Tobacco, and Illness in Point Hope, Alaska”, the author uses the case study of Project Chariot and its implications on the local Inupiat people. Edwards ties the case study to broader questions regarding science, language, its involvement in the justification of choosing its subject. This ties in nicely with Kyle Whyte’s piece on The Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup (CTKW) and their guidelines for ethical conduct. Project Chariot regarded the area of Point Hope, Alaska as remote and used this to justify their radiation experiment. For me, this demonstrates the issues that arise from the social construction of wilderness and nature as remote from human influence. The construction of wilderness

By studying the history of Native Americans, we can understand some of their characteristics, qualities, and perspectives regarding America’s landscape. Many of these still persist today in either the original or a mutated form. The Native American quality of living unsustainably persists today in various forms because it is difficult to notice an unsustainable lifestyle. John Steinbeck, Barry Lopez, and Scott Momaday in The Log From the Sea of Cortez, The American Geographies, and The Way to Rainy Mountain describe this effect.

Out of all the chapters I think chapter 6, The Roman Empire, was the most interesting to me. I liked learning about Augustus and all that he did. Augustus was a good leader and accomplished a lot. He created a new constitutional order, he retained the senate as the chief deliberative body of the Roman state, and held the office of consul. After he gave that up he was granted maius imperium, greater imperium than all others giving him the power to veto and conduct laws without having to hold a certain position in the office. Augustus had a lot of control over the government (law making) along with control over the army. He had increased the Roman army in size and made it become more professional with legionaries who served longer terms. He strengthened

After reading the Warburg viewpoint the way he criticized the peoples Village. It was kind of different what he believes in and his own religion and he treats it like he is superior like any other. There is no right or wrong answer to judge the people's curiosity.