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The poor Indians : British missionaries, Native Americans, and colonial sensibility /
Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia [Pa.] :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Early American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812203080 0812203089 9780812238129 0812238125 |