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Author:

O'Brien, Jean M.

Title:

Firsting and lasting : writing Indians out of existence in New England / Jean M. O'Brien.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxvi, 269 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--New England--History--19th century.
Indians of North America--New England--Historiography.
New England--History--19th century.
New England--Historiography.
New England--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Indians can never be modern -- Firsting : local texts claim Indian places as their own -- Replacing : historical practices argue that non-Indians have supplanted Indians -- Lasting : texts purify the landscape of Indians by denying them a place in modernity -- Resisting : claims in texts about Indian extinction fail even as they are being made -- Conclusion : the continuing struggle over recognition.

Series:

Indigenous Americas

ISBN:

0816665788 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780816665785 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
081666577X (acid-free paper)
9780816665778 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)496235695

LCCN:

2010003781

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)