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Autore: | Newcomb Steven T |
Titolo: | Pagans in the Promised Land [[electronic resource] ] : Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Fulcrum Publishing, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina: | 346.73043208 |
Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc |
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc | |
Indians of North America | |
Land tenure - Law and legislation - United States | |
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- United States | |
Land tenure | |
Law - U.S | |
Law - U.S. - General | |
Law, Politics & Government | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword ix; Preface xv; Acknowledgments xix; Introduction xxi; Chapter 1: A Primer on Cognitive Theory 1; Chapter 2: Metaphorical Experience and Federal Indian Law 13; Chapter 3: The Conqueror Model 23; Chapter 4: Colonizing the Promised Land 37; Chapter 5: The Chosen People-Promised Land Model 51; Chapter 6: The Dominating Mentality of Christendom 59; Chapter 7: Johnson v. M'Intosh 73; Chapter 8: Converting Christian Discovery into Heathen Conquest 89; Chapter 9: The Mental Process of Negation 103; Chapter 10: Christian Nations Theory: Hidden in Plain Sight 115 |
Conclusion: A Sacred Regard for All Living Things 125Notes 139; References 171; Index 181 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Pagans in the Promised Land |
ISBN: | 1-282-46811-1 |
9786612468117 | |
1-55591-894-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780912903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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