Will I love Unsettling the West?

I do not specialize in U.S. history. I therefore picked up Rob Harper’s book because I wanted to read about a history I knew less about. Listening to it, I was impressed with the level of detail and nuance with which he deals with such a sensitive topic as the colonization of the Ohio Valley. Harper shows the complexity of the relations between Indians and colonists at the crucial time when Indians were increasingly dispossessed of their lands. Despite the violence which characterized the period, local collaborations existed and both colonists and Indians were fragmented groups. I also enjoyed the… show more.