Neal Salisbury

Professor

Neal Salisbury specializes in colonial-revolutionary North American history and Native American history. His research and writing interests center on indigenous Americans, particularly between 1500 and 1800 and in New England . His publications include Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643 (Oxford University Press, 1982); an edition of the famous captivity narrative by Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1997; originally published in 1682); and two volumes of essays, A Companion to American Indian History , edited with Philip J. Deloria (Blackwell, 2002), and Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience, edited with Colin G. Calloway (Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2003); and numerous articles, essays, and reviews. He is the co-author of two textbooks: The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (Houghton Mifflin, 6 th ed. 2007), a college-level U.S. survey text; and The People: A History of Native America (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). His long-range project is a volume that will extend the story in Manitou and Providence through the end of the Anglo-Indian conflict known as King Philip's War (1675-76). He co-edits a book series, Cambridge Studies in North American History, with Cambridge University Press, and has recently served a three-year term on the Council of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.

His current teaching includes lecture courses on North America, 1500-1800, and Native American Indians, 1500-present; a seminar on the American Revolution; and a colloquium on cross-cultural captivity in North America.

Phone: 413-585-3726
Office: Neilson Library 2/08
Email: nsalisbu@smith.edu
Office Hours: Monday 3:00-4:00 p.m.; Thursday 4:30-5:30 p.m. and by appointment

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