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Seneca possessed : Indians, witchcraft, and power in the early American republic /

Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"--Culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally--in the wake of the American Revolution

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Dominion
  • Colonial crucible and post-Revolutionary predicament
  • pt. 2. Spirit
  • Handsome Lake and the Seneca great awakening : revelation and transformation
  • Patriarchy and the witch-hunting of Handsome Lake
  • pt. 3. Mastery
  • Friendly mission : the holy conversation of Quakers and Senecas
  • From longhouse to farmhouse : Quakers and the transformation of Seneca rural life
  • Seneca repossessed, 1818-1826.