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Modernity and Its Other : The Encounter with North American Indians in the Eighteenth Century /
"In Modernity and Its Other Robert Woods Sayre examines eighteenth-century North America through discussion of texts drawn from the period. He focuses on this unique historical moment when early capitalist civilization (modernity) in colonial societies, especially the British, interacted closel...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Views of Modernity: Internal/External Discovery 1. Crevecoeur: British America before and during the Revolutionary Upheaval 2. Philip Freneau: After the Revolution 3. Moreau de Saint-Mery: Fin de Siecle Part 2. Views of the Other: Travels in "Indian Territory" 4. The Zero Degree of the Other: Indian Violence and "Adventure" with Indians 5. Accounts of Travel in New France: Lahontan and Charlevoix 6. Anglo-American Travelers: John Lawson and Jonathan Carver 7. Travels of William Bartram, Quaker Botanist 8. Fur Traders: Alexander Mackenzie and Jean-Baptiste Trudeau Epilogue: Into the Nineteenth Century
- George Catlin Conclusion Appendix: Chronology of Historical Events, Travels, and Publications Notes Bibliography Index.