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_bb 's review for:
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Well, this is complicated.
There is a lot of great material and counter-narrative in this book, which makes it useful reading. Perhaps important reading.
It's also frustrating. It's not well written nor edited, often repetitious and there is a tendency to significantly over-simplify in a way that moderately undermines their arguments and credibility. It gets a little better in the second half, and the larger narrative they're arguing is reasonably solid.
I'd love a more diligent, nuanced and well edited approach to this topic. Now on the lookout for that. Feel free to suggest something to me!
There is a lot of great material and counter-narrative in this book, which makes it useful reading. Perhaps important reading.
It's also frustrating. It's not well written nor edited, often repetitious and there is a tendency to significantly over-simplify in a way that moderately undermines their arguments and credibility. It gets a little better in the second half, and the larger narrative they're arguing is reasonably solid.
I'd love a more diligent, nuanced and well edited approach to this topic. Now on the lookout for that. Feel free to suggest something to me!