Bibliograph

Native tongues, colonialism and race from encounter to the reservation, Sean P. Harvey

Type

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Native tongues, colonialism and race from encounter to the reservation, Sean P. Harvey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Native tongues

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

875999884

Responsibility statement

Sean P. Harvey

Series statement

Harvard historical studies, 184

Sub title

colonialism and race from encounter to the reservation

Summary

"Native Tongues explores the morally entangled territory of language and race as it relates the intellectual history of encounters between whites and Native Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Misunderstandings about the differences between European and indigenous American languages strongly influenced whites' beliefs about the descent and capabilities of Native Americans. These beliefs would play an important role in the subjugation of Native peoples as the United States pursued its 'manifest destiny' of westward expansion"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Language encounters and the "mind of man, in the savage state" -- Descent and relations -- Much more fertile than commonly supposed -- Four clicks, two gutturals, and a nasal -- The unchangeable character of the "Indian mind" -- Of blood and language -- Epilogue

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