Editor Michael Shally-Jensen and 13 other scholars have produced this latest volume in Salem Press’ Defining Documents in American History series. It contains 30 documents, many excerpted, dating from 1451 to 2017 that are organized under four categories: “Early Encounters and Conflicts”; “Western Wars and Aftermaths”; “New Lives and Circumstances”; and “Later Developments” … Each of the documents is accompanied by analyses, biographical information about the author of the document, and bibliographical information for further research. The work concludes with a chronology that lists the documents by year of publication, a list of web resources, bibliography, and an index…