Firsting and Lasting : Writing Indians out of Existence in New England /

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Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of local histories about the founding and growth of their cities and towns. Ranging from pamphlets to multivolume treatments, these narratives shared a preoccupation with establishing the region as the cradle of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Jean M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Indians of North America > Historiography.
Indians of North America.
Historiography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Indiens d'Amerique > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Historiographie.
Indians of North America > New England > Historiography.
Indians of North America > New England > History > 19th century.
New England.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Relations raciales.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Historiographie.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
New England > Race relations.
New England > Historiography.
New England > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Indians can never be modern
  • Firsting : local texts claim Indian places as their own
  • Replacing : historical practices argue that non-Indians have supplanted Indians
  • Lasting : texts purify the landscape of Indians by denying them a place in modernity
  • Resisting : claims in texts about Indian extinction fail even as they are being made
  • Conclusion : the continuing struggle over recognition.

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