Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ONE. From Landscape to Culture, Preservation to Critique 1
6. TWO. The Vanishing Wilderness 23
7. THREE. Preserving Frontier History 65
8. FOUR. George Catlin's Mission 93
9. FIVE. Indians and Image Catchers 111
10. SIX. Their Tribal Lore Preserved 151
11. SEVEN. Melville's Cannibals and Christians 189
12. EIGHT. Toward Cultural Relativism 213
13. NINE. Weighed, Measured, and Found Wanting 253
14. TEN. Epilogue 269
15. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 281
16. INDEX 313