New World Babel : Languages and Nations in Early America /

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New World Babel is an innovative cultural and intellectual history of the languages spoken by the native peoples of North America from the earliest era of European conquest through the beginning of the nineteenth century. By focusing on different aspects of the Euro-American response to indigenous s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gray, Edward G., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1999]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Language and languages.
Language and culture.
Indians of North America > Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Langage et culture.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Langues indiennes d'Amerique > Amerique du Nord.
North America.
Amerique du Nord > Langues > Histoire.
North America > Languages > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. New World Babel
  • Chapter II. Language and Conversion
  • Chapter III. The Burden of Translation
  • Chapter IV. The Savage Word
  • Chapter V. Science of the Vanished
  • Chapter VI. An American Poetics
  • Conclusion
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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