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Native Tongues
Colonialism and Race from Encounter to the Reservation
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Sean P. Harvey
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
About this book
Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites’ theories of an “Indian mind” inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government’s efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come.
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Harvey Sean P. :
Sean P. Harvey is Assistant Professor of History at Seton Hall University.
Reviews
An impressive book that demonstrates the importance of American thinking about the New World’s indigenous languages. Harvey argues convincingly that intellectuals, policymakers, and missionaries used linguistic theory to buttress American racialism against Indians and to justify Indian dispossession and assaults on Indian culture. Native Tongues is notable in considering Indians not just as objects of white study, but as participants in the process of gathering and interpreting data about their languages.
-- David J. Silverman, author of Red Brethren: The Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians and the Problem of Race in Early America
-- David J. Silverman, author of Red Brethren: The Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians and the Problem of Race in Early America
An engaging and rich history that traces the study of indigenous American languages with depth and sophistication. Harvey demonstrates that the study of language became a way to understand fundamental aspects of Native culture and, as it was understood in the nineteenth century, ‘race.’
-- Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
-- Peter C. Mancall, author of Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
Those willing to read the book carefully will find a wealth of information not easily accessed elsewhere.
-- C. L. Thompson Choice
-- C. L. Thompson Choice
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
January 5, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9780674735798
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
330
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15 halftones
eBook ISBN:
9780674735798
Audience(s) for this book
General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
