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Savages within the empire : representations of American Indians in eighteenth-century Britain / Troy O. Bickham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bickham, Troy O., author.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford historical monographs
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Foreign public opinion, British.
- Public opinion--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Public opinion.
- Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Historiography.
- Imperialism--Historiography.
- Imperialism.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--American influences.
- Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Savages Within the Empire' explores how Britons perceived and represented American Indians during a time when the empire and its constituent peoples began to capture the nation's sustained attention for the first time.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Map; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I; 1. Encountering American Indians in Britain: Visits and Virtual Journeys; 2. American Indians in the British Press; PART II; 3. Lessons from a Decade of Conflict and the Formation of a New Imperial Regime; 4. The New Imperial Regime at Work; PART III; 5. 'Under the rudest form in which we can conceive man to subsist': The Scottish Enlightenment and the North American Indians; 6. Empire Through Evangelization: The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the American Indians; PART IV
- 7. American Indians and Britain's American War of IndependenceConclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04333-7
- 1-280-90388-0
- 0-19-151600-7
- OCLC:
- 476257689
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