This episode of Ben Franklin's world is brought to you by Cornell University Press.

In episode 109, we explored the life and ideas of Cadwell or Colden.

And during our conversation with John Dixon, we discussed Colden's book, The History of the Five Indian

Nations, which was one of the most important intellectual works published in and about 18th century

British America.

In History of the Five Indian Nations, Colden explores the history, customs, and forms of government

used in practice by the peoples of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Of course, as much as the book tells us about the Hodinichoni peoples who lived in the early to mid-18th century,

it tells us even more about early modern European and Euro-American culture.

In 1958, Cornell University Press reprinted history of the Five Indian Nations.

And since that time, the book is served as an invaluable resource for scholars and students

interested and a whole variety of topics, such as Iroquois history and culture,

Enlightenment attitudes towards Native Americans, early American intellectual life,

and Anglo-French imperialests over North America.

This year, in 2017, Cornell is publishing a new critical edition of Colton's book.

This new edition features essays by John Dixon and Kerem Tyro the place Colden's work in historical and cultural context.

Of this new edition, Library Journal notes,

no collection pretending an interest in Indian or colonial affairs should be without this contemporary account.

Visit Ben Franklin's World.com slash Cornell

to learn more about this newest edition of this historical classic.

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