ISBN:
1400822580
,
9781400822584
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Scheckel, Susan Insistence of the Indian : Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
DDC:
306.08997073
Keywords:
1800 - 1899
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Geschichte 1800-1900
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Geschichte 1800-1900
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19th century
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American literature
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History and criticism
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Indians in popular culture
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Indians of North America
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Nationalism
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North America
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Politics and government
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Public opinion
;
Race relations
;
United States
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History
;
Social Science
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
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American literature
;
Indians in literature
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Indians in popular culture
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Indians of North America / Public opinion
;
Nationalism
;
Politics and government
;
Public opinion
;
Geschichte
;
Indianer
;
Nationalismus
;
Politik
;
Indians of North America Public opinion
;
Indians in popular culture
;
Indians in literature
;
American literature History and criticism 19th century
;
Nationalism
;
Public opinion
;
Indianerbild
;
Indianer
;
Nationalismus
;
Kultur
;
Literatur
;
Nordamerika
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Nationalismus
;
Indianerbild
;
Literatur
;
Indianer
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
USA
;
Kultur
;
Indianerbild
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
Description / Table of Contents:
Americans' first attempts to forge a national identity coincided with the apparent need to define--and limit--the status and rights of Native Americans. During these early decades of the nineteenth century, the image of the "Indian" circulated throughout popular culture--in the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, plays about Pocahontas, Indian captivity narratives, Black Hawk's autobiography, and visitors' guides to the national capitol. In exploring such sources as well as the political and legal rhetoric of the time, Susan Scheckel argues that the "Indian question" was intertwined with the ways
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