James Drake
Biographic Data
| ID | 3622053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Drake |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Drake |
| SIGNATURE | DRAKE J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Old Subject's Great Escape from Recent Disciplinary Boundaries
Alan Barnard's Language in Prehistory attempts to find an accommodation between linguistic and evolutionary theory and apply insights from archeology and anthropology to the origins and purposes of language. Rudolph Botha's Language Evolution: The Windows Approach is a critique of employing evidence from other fields. Botha also critiques conclusions drawn from pidgins and creoles, homesign, motherese, grammaticalization, language acquisition, pr…
New Worlds for All
Book Review| October 01 1999 New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America, Colin G. Calloway. James Drake James Drake Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (1999) 19 (1): 105–106. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502525 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions S…
The Name of War
Restraining Atrocity
OVER the centuries, warfare among European colonists and Native Americans has earned a reputation for excessive brutality. King Philip's War, 1675-76, with its horrors committed on both sides, was ultimately the war to end all wars in New England's battle for supremacy. For many historians an earlier conflict, the Pequot War of 1637, exemplifies the ruthlessness and lack of respect for their opponents that the Puritans would again reveal in King …
Spanish Expedition into Texas, 1689-1768
Journal Article Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689–1768. By William C. Foster. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. xii, 339 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-292-72488-8. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-292-72489-6.) Get access James Drake James Drake Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1039–1040,…
Symbol of a Failed Strategy
History is not simply something that happens to people, but something they make-within, of course, the very powerful constraints of the system within which they are operating.\n-Sherry B. Ortner\nFor more than three hundred years, historians have pointed to the trial of three Indians for the alleged murder of the Indian John Sassamon as the proximate cause of King Philip’s War. These scholars have posited that the execution of the Indians for Sas…
Symbol of a Failed Strategy
History is not simply something that happens to people, but something they make-within, of course, the very powerful constraints of the system within which they are operating.\n-Sherry B. Ortner\nFor more than three hundred years, historians have pointed to the trial of three Indians for the alleged murder of the Indian John Sassamon as the proximate cause of King Philip’s War. These scholars have posited that the execution of the Indians for Sas…
Restraining Atrocity
OVER the centuries, warfare among European colonists and Native Americans has earned a reputation for excessive brutality. King Philip's War, 1675-76, with its horrors committed on both sides, was ultimately the war to end all wars in New England's battle for supremacy. For many historians an earlier conflict, the Pequot War of 1637, exemplifies the ruthlessness and lack of respect for their opponents that the Puritans would again reveal in King …
Spanish Expedition into Texas, 1689-1768
Journal Article Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689–1768. By William C. Foster. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. xii, 339 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-292-72488-8. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-292-72489-6.) Get access James Drake James Drake Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, Colorado Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 3, December 1997, Pages 1039–1040,…
The Name of War
New Worlds for All
Book Review| October 01 1999 New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America, Colin G. Calloway. James Drake James Drake Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (1999) 19 (1): 105–106. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502525 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions S…
An Old Subject's Great Escape from Recent Disciplinary Boundaries
Alan Barnard's Language in Prehistory attempts to find an accommodation between linguistic and evolutionary theory and apply insights from archeology and anthropology to the origins and purposes of language. Rudolph Botha's Language Evolution: The Windows Approach is a critique of employing evidence from other fields. Botha also critiques conclusions drawn from pidgins and creoles, homesign, motherese, grammaticalization, language acquisition, pr…
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