Robert F Berkhofer: 2 books
Day of Reckoning
Power and Accountability in Medieval France
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Day of Reckoning: Power and Accountability in Medieval France applies recent approaches to literacy, legal studies, memory, ritual, and the manorial economy to reexamine the transformation of medieval power. Highlighting the relationship of archives and power, it draws on the rich documentary sources...
The White Man's Indian
Images of the American Indian from Columbus to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Columbus called them "Indians" because his geography was faulty. But that name and, more importantly, the images it has come to suggest have endured for five centuries, not only obscuring the true identity of the original Americans but serving as an idealogical weapon in their subjugation. Now, in...