Through an Indian's looking-glass : a cultural biography of William Apess, Pequot /

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"The life of William Apess (1789-1839), a Pequot Indian, Methodist preacher, and widely celebrated writer, provides a lens through which to comprehend the complex dynamics of indigenous survival and resistance in the era of America's early nationhood. Apess's life intersects with mult...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lopenzina, Drew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
Series:Native Americans of the Northeast.
Subjects:
Apess, William, > 1798-1839.
Apess, William, > 1798-1839
Apess, William > 1798-1839
1812-1815
Indians, Treatment of > New England.
Mashpee Indians > History.
Methodist Church > New England > Clergy > Biography.
Indians of North America > New England.
Pequot Indians > Biography.
Mashpee > Histoire.
Église méthodiste > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Clergé > Biographies.
Peuples autochtones > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Pequot > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Indians of North America
Indians, Treatment of
Mashpee Indians
Methodist Church > Clergy
Military participation > Indian
Pequot Indians
United States > History > War of 1812 > Participation, Indian.
New England
United States
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Negative work
  • The baskets copy our stories
  • Birthright, bondage, and beyond
  • The broad theater of the world
  • "And they held all things in common"
  • Becoming a son of the forest
  • Indian preacher
  • The bizarre theater of empire
  • Conclusion. "He possessed the real traits of the Indian character"
  • Appendix: Memorial of the Marshpee Indians, January 1834.

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