Reimagining Indians : Native Americans through Anglo eyes, 1880-1940 /
Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writerswhose books about Native Americans helped reshape Americans'understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century. Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled tothe American West and discov...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University,
2000.
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Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writerswhose books about Native Americans helped reshape Americans'understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century. Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled tothe American West and discovered "exotics" in their midst. Drawn toIndian cultures as alternatives to what they found distasteful aboutmodern American culture, these writers produced a body of work thatcelebrates Indian. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780195136357 0195136357 9780195350432 019535043X 1280473568 9781280473562 9780195180527 0195180526 |