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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
informative
slow-paced
Compelling but very very very dense in composition. I’d like to come back to this someday.
Difficult to follow. Several non-sequitors, unclear chronology, and numerous unusual names.
If you think you know about New England during this time period and haven't read this book, read it now. The amount of information erased, overlooked and revised is so much greater than I would have thought. I selected this book to learn more and understand the history of this time of this land that I live on from a non-colonial perspective. It provides so much more than just the same information presented by colonist/settler history from a different perspective.
Lisa Brooks uncovered swaths of overlooked primary sources, acknowledges oral and cultural history, and the absence of documentation all as components contributing to an understanding of the time. She sheds light on known events placed into the context of the people and cultures at play rather than through a strictly European lens, which changes the reading of many events and actions. She provides excellent history along with maps which are much more accurate for understanding this area. I can't wait to take a drive around New England with these new maps and new understanding of history.
Lisa Brooks uncovered swaths of overlooked primary sources, acknowledges oral and cultural history, and the absence of documentation all as components contributing to an understanding of the time. She sheds light on known events placed into the context of the people and cultures at play rather than through a strictly European lens, which changes the reading of many events and actions. She provides excellent history along with maps which are much more accurate for understanding this area. I can't wait to take a drive around New England with these new maps and new understanding of history.
emotional
informative
medium-paced
I started this book, but didn't finish it. There might be some good stuff in here, but Brook's methodology and historical ideology is just to so opposed to my own that I decided it wasn't worth the slog to make it through. If you wonder where she is coming from, I think the best description is from her own bio, where she says that her classes "foster discussion of the intersectionality of race, gender, sexuality and nationhood."
This was a real chunker, but I am finally done! I give this a three only because there were times where it felt dense and drawn out. However I believe Lisa Brooks did an incredible job reinterpreting and extending this period of history.
informative
sad
slow-paced
Horrible narrator. Will read the physical/digital book instead.