Firsting and lasting [[electronic resource] ] : writing Indians out of existence in New England / / Jean M. O'Brien

• Autore: O'Brien Jean M
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 974.03
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - New England - History - 19th century; Indians of North America - New England - Historiography
• Soggetto geografico: New England History 19th century; New England Historiography; New England Race relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 an Anglo-Saxon nation and the center of a modern American culture. They also insisted, often in mournful tones, that New England's original inhabitants, the Indians, had become extinct, even though many Indians still lived in the very towns being chronicled. In Firstin
• Titolo autorizzato: Firsting and lasting
• ISBN: 1-4529-4667-1; 0-8166-7367-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785062903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Indigenous Americas.