Native tongues : colonialism and race from encounter to the reservation Sean P. Harvey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Sean P., 1978-

Series:

Harvard historical studies ; v. 184.

Harvard historical studies ; 184

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians, Treatment of--North America--History--18th century.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians, Treatment of--North America--History--19th century.

Indians of North America--Languages--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Colonization--History.

Indians of North America--Government relations--History.

Languages in contact--North America--History.

Languages in contact.

Imperialism--Social aspects--North America--History.

Imperialism.

Racism--North America--History.

Racism.

North America--Race relations--History.

North America.

Physical Description:

338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Native Tongues explores the morally entangled territory of language and race as it relates the intellectual history of encounters between whites and Native Americans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Misunderstandings about the differences between European and indigenous American languages strongly influenced whites' beliefs about the descent and capabilities of Native Americans. These beliefs would play an important role in the subjugation of Native peoples as the United States pursued its 'manifest destiny' of westward expansion"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Language encounters and the "mind of man, in the savage state"

Descent and relations

Much more fertile than commonly supposed

Four clicks and two gutturals and a nasal

The unchangeable character of the "Indian mind"

Of blood and language

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674289932

0674289935

OCLC:

875999884