On savage shores

Dodds, Pennock, Caroli

£10.99

We have long been taught to presume that modern global history began when the ‘Old World’ encountered the ‘New’, when Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ America in 1492. But, as Caroline Dodds Pennock conclusively shows in this groundbreaking book, for tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others – enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants, traders – the reverse was true: they discovered Europe. For them, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse – a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times.

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Publish Date: 18/01/2024

Description

A New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2023. A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023. An Economist Book of the Year. One of Smithsonian Magazine‘s Ten Best History Books of 2023. A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2023. Winner of the Voltaire Medal.

‘An untold story of colonial history, both epic and intimate, and a thrilling revelation’ Adam Rutherford

‘Mind-blowing . . . this is how history should be told’ Benjamin Zephaniah

In this groundbreaking new history, Caroline Dodds Pennock recovers the long-marginalised stories of the Indigenous Americans who – as enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants and traders – left a profound impact on European civilisation in the ‘Age of Discovery’. On Savage Shores is a sweeping account of power and influence in America and Europe – one which could forever change the way we understand our global history.

Additional information

Weight 260 g
Dimensions 196 × 128 × 24 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

970.00497 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K