Savagism and Civilization A Study of the Indian and the American Mind

Roy Harvey Pearce

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In this study of the concept of "savigism" as reflected in American writings on the Indian that appeared in political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, drama, poetry, novels, and anthropologists' accounts, Roy Harvey Pearce traces the conflct between the idea of the "noble savage" and the neeed to Christianize the heathen which ended with the rejection and virtual extermination of Indian culture.

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ISBN:	9780801869969
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub date:	25 Nov 2001
Edition:	Revised edition
DEWEY:	973.0497
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	276
Weight:	567g
Height:	216mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	15mm