Savages within the empire : representations of American Indians in eighteenth-century Britain / / Troy O. Bickham
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Bickham Troy O
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| Titolo: |
Savages within the empire : representations of American Indians in eighteenth-century Britain / / Troy O. Bickham
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.04/97 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Historiography |
| Indians of North America - Foreign public opinion, British | |
| Public opinion - Great Britain - History - 18th century | |
| Historiography - Great Britain - History - 18th century | |
| Indians of North America - Historiography | |
| Imperialism - Historiography | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Colonies America Historiography |
| Great Britain Civilization American influences | |
| Great Britain Civilization 18th century | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2005. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-293) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Map; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I; 1. Encountering American Indians in Britain: Visits and Virtual Journeys; 2. American Indians in the British Press; PART II; 3. Lessons from a Decade of Conflict and the Formation of a New Imperial Regime; 4. The New Imperial Regime at Work; PART III; 5. 'Under the rudest form in which we can conceive man to subsist': The Scottish Enlightenment and the North American Indians; 6. Empire Through Evangelization: The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the American Indians; PART IV |
| 7. American Indians and Britain's American War of IndependenceConclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 'Savages Within the Empire' explores how Britons perceived and represented American Indians during a time when the empire and its constituent peoples began to capture the nation's sustained attention for the first time. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Savages within the empire |
| ISBN: | 1-383-04333-7 |
| 1-280-90388-0 | |
| 0-19-151600-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807475003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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