Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-596) and index.
Contents
Part 1: the West before 1500 -- Pioneers -- Singing up a new world -- Part 2: Invaders south and north, 1500-1730 -- Sons of the sun and people of the earth -- Rebellions and reconquests -- Calumet and Fleur-de-lys -- Part 3: Winning and losing the war in the West, 1700-1800 -- The coming of the centaurs -- People in between and people on the edge -- The killing years -- Epilogue: the slave in the chariot.