The Transatlantic Indian, 1776-1930 / / Kate Flint.

This book takes a fascinating look at the iconic figure of the Native American in the British cultural imagination from the Revolutionary War to the early twentieth century, and examining how Native Americans regarded the British, as well as how they challenged their own cultural image in Britain du...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2009
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 40 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. Figuring America
  • Chapter Two. The Romantic Indian
  • Chapter Three. "Brought to the Zenith of Civilization": Indians in England in the 1840s
  • Chapter Four. Sentiment and Anger: British Women Writers and Native Americans
  • Chapter Five. Is the Indian an American?
  • Chapter Six. Savagery and Nationalism: Native Americans and Popular Fiction
  • Chapter Seven. Indians and the Politics of Gender
  • Chapter Eight. Indians and Missionaries
  • Chapter Nine. Buffalo Bill's Wild West and English Identity
  • Chapter Ten. Indian Frontiers
  • Conclusion. Indians, Modernity, and History
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index