{"product_id":"before-and-after-jamestown-virginias-powhatans-and-their-predecessors-9780813028170","title":"Before and After Jamestown: Virginia's Powhatans and Their Predecessors","description":"\u003cb\u003eCertificate of Commendation, American Association for State\u003cbr\u003eand Local History, 2003\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAddressed to specialists and nonspecialists alike, \u003ci\u003eBefore\u003cbr\u003eand After Jamestown\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Powhatans--the Native Americans of Virginia's\u003cbr\u003ecoastal plains, who played an integral part in the life of the Williamsburg and\u003cbr\u003eJamestown settlements--in scenes that span 1,100 years, from just before their\u003cbr\u003eearliest contact with Europeans to the present day. Synthesizing a wealth of\u003cbr\u003edocumentary and archaeological data, the authors have produced a book at once\u003cbr\u003ethoroughly grounded in scholarship and accessible to the general reader. They\u003cbr\u003ehave also extended the historical account through the native people's long-term\u003cbr\u003eadaptation to European immigrants and into the immediate present and their\u003cbr\u003econtinuing efforts to gain greater recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with more than 100 photographs, maps, and\u003cbr\u003edrawings, the book also includes an entire chapter, from the Powhatan\u003cbr\u003eperspective, on the original English fort at Jamestown. The authors provide\u003cbr\u003esuggestions for additional reading for both children and adults as well as a\u003cbr\u003elist of relevant sites to visit in Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen C. Rountree is professor emerita at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. E. Randolph Turner III is director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Portsmouth Regional Office.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845475635474,"sku":"9780813028170","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1657cf91-441b-4857-a743-8d925d98c69a.jpg?v=1737351852","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/before-and-after-jamestown-virginias-powhatans-and-their-predecessors-9780813028170","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}