Resilient cultures : America's Native peoples confront European colonization, 1500-1800 / John E. Kicza, Rebecca Horn.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-195) and index.

The Native Societies of the Americas Before Contact -- The Conquests and Initial Establishment of Colonies in Latin America -- Colonial Spanish America and Its Impact on the Sedentary Imperial Societies -- Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Semisedentary and Nonsedentary Peoples -- Native Responses to Settlement in the East and Southwest in North America -- The British and the Indians of Eastern North America -- Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Tribal Peoples -- Enduring Connections between the New World and the Old -- By Way of Conclusion: Enduring Patterns in the Americas.