Isbn: 9780226114941 - history`s shadow - native americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century: native americans and historical consciousness in the nineteenth century (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Who were the Native Americans? Where did they come from and how long ago? Did they have a history, and would they have a future? Questions such as these dominated intellectual life in the United States during the nineteenth century. And for many Americans, such questions about the original inhabitants of their homeland inspired a flurry of historical investigation, scientific inquiry, and heated political debate. History's Shadow traces the struggle of Americans trying to understand the people who originally occupied the continent claimed as their own. Steven Conn considers how the question of the Indian compelled Americans to abandon older explanatory frameworks for sovereignty like the Bible and classical literature and instead develop new ones. Through their engagement with Native American language and culture, American intellectuals helped shape and define the emerging fields of archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and art. But more important, the questions posed by the presence of the Indian in the United States forced Americans to confront the meaning of history itself, both that of Native Americans and their own: how it should be studied, what drove its processes, and where it might ultimately lead. The encounter with Native Americans, Conn argues, helped give rise to a distinctly American historical consciousness. A work of enormous scope and intellect, History's Shadow will speak to anyone interested in Native Americans and their profound influence on our cultural imagination.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Who were the Native Americans? Where did they come from and how long ago? Did they have a history, and would they have a future? Questions such as these dominated intellectual life in the United States during the nineteenth century. And for many Americans, such questions about the original inhabitants of their homeland inspired a flurry of historical investigation, scientific inquiry, and heated political debate. History's Shadow traces the struggle of Americans trying to understand the people who originally occupied the continent claimed as their own. Steven Conn considers how the question of the Indian compelled Americans to abandon older explanatory frameworks for sovereignty like the Bible and classical literature and instead develop new ones. Through their engagement with Native American language and culture, American intellectuals helped shape and define the emerging fields of archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and art. But more important, the questions posed by the presence of the Indian in the United States forced Americans to confront the meaning of history itself, both that of Native Americans and their own: how it should be studied, what drove its processes, and where it might ultimately lead. The encounter with Native Americans, Conn argues, helped give rise to a distinctly American historical consciousness. A work of enormous scope and intellect, History's Shadow will speak to anyone interested in Native Americans and their profound influence on our cultural imagination.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Chicago: University Press, 2004. 1st edition, F/F. Book and dust jacket have very little wear. Many b & w illustrations. How the field and study of history and historical consciousness developed in the United States with the constant conflicts and contacts with the indigenous peoples that occurred throughout the land during the course of the 19th century. And has influenced us ever since. Nice copy.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The University of Chicago Press, 2004. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with light sticker remnants on back panel.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. An examination of the place of Native Americans in 19th century intellectual life. Annotated. Bibliography. Index. 257 pages.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Pp: xii + 276. Gilt Titles: sp. Illus w/ b/w photos. Lgt wear to dj. One upper pg cor dg-eared, else interior clean and tight. The ninteenth century effort to understand the Amerindian culture and their uneasy experience with white historians and anthropologists. Includes chapter notes and bibliography. Very good.…