{"product_id":"blood-land","title":"Blood \u0026 Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A history of resilience ... sweeping, comprehensive ... it''s a story that has been waiting to be told'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''An  account sorely needed ... a kaleidoscopic view of Native American  history, refreshing and rollicking, and not unlike its fractured  reality'' \u003ci\u003eStandpoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlood and Land\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling, panoramic account of the history  and achievements of Native North Americans, and why they matter today.  It is about why no understanding of the wider world is possible without  comprehending the original inhabitants of the United States and Canada:  Native Americans, First Nations and Arctic peoples.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis highly  personal book, based on years of travel and first-hand research in North  America, introduces a deeply complex story, of myriad identities and  determined ethnicities - from the desert Southwest to the high Arctic,  from first contact between Europeans and Native Americans to the  challenges of Native leadership today. Instead of writing a  chronological history, King confronts the reader with the paradoxes,  diversity and successes of Native North Americans. Their astonishing  ingenuity and supple intelligence enabled, after centuries of suffering  both violence and dispossession, a striking level of recovery, optimism  and autonomy in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated and filled with arresting and surprising stories, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Land\u003c\/i\u003e looks well beyond the ''feathers-and-failure'' narratives beloved by historians to show us Native North America as it was and is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319554580862,"sku":"NW9780141976303","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141976303.jpg?v=1778728059","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/blood-land","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}