Groundless : Rumors, Legends, and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier /

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"Today we have grown so used to having boundless information at our fingertips that we can easily forget the practical limits on reliable news that both natives and European settlers faced in early America. Beyond what one could see or hear at the instant, one could only make surmises based on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dowd, Gregory Evans, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Legends.
Hoaxes.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Canulars > États-Unis.
Legendes > États-Unis.
Rumeur > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hoaxes > United States.
Legends > United States.
Rumor > Social aspects > United States > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States.
United States.
United States > History > Errors, inventions, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Longitudes: Extraction, Domination, Extermination
  • Part Two. Episodes: Panic and Authority
  • Part Three. Longitudes: Domination
  • Part Four. Episodes: Revolutionary Violence
  • Part Five. Longitudes: Domination, Extermination
  • Part Six. Episodes: Jacksonian Removal
  • Conclusion: "Tears of the Indians."

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