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Native Nations

A Millennium in North America: Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History
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WINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY WINNER OF THE 2024 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE Winner of the Bancroft Prize 2025 Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize 2025 For centuries, Europeans assumed that indigenous Americans lacked the sophistication to build cities and establish hierarchies. For... Read More
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A Pulitzer-Prize winning new history of indigenous Americans, by the winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize

A Pulitzer-Prize winning new history of indigenous Americans, by the winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize

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WINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY

WINNER OF THE 2024 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE

Winner of the Bancroft Prize 2025

Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize 2025

For centuries, Europeans assumed that indigenous Americans lacked the sophistication to build cities and establish hierarchies. For over a millennium, prior to and after the arrival of white colonialists, however, native nations had been adapting to changing climates, founding and abandoning urban centres, and forging complex, democratic societies.

In this magisterial new history of North America, Kathleen DuVal puts indigenous people back at the heart of the story. From the splendour of ancient cities like Cahokia and Moundsville to the careful diplomacy of native leaders in the face of colonial expansion, Native Nations reveals the diversity of indigenous civilisation and shows how a 1,000-year legacy still shapes America today, in struggles over sovereignty, climate, and indigenous rights.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805226031

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Profile Books Ltd

Edition: Main

Illustration: 76 b/w photos; 13 maps

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 752

About the Author

Kathleen DuVal is a professor of History at the University of North Carolina. She is the author of Independence Lost and Give Me Liberty! She has written for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Her most recent book, Native Nations, won the 2024 Cundill History Prize.

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