Savagism and Civilization : A Study of the Indian and the American Mind /

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First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthrop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearce, Roy Harvey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1988.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Assimilatie (sociologie)
Bekering.
Indianen.
Cultuur.
Public opinion.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation.
Indians in literature.
HISTORY > Native American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Public opinion > United States.
Noord-Amerika.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culure.
Item Description:Rev. ed. of: The Savages of America. 1953.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780520908673

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