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Title:

Manifest destinies and indigenous peoples / edited by David Maybury-Lewis, Theodore Macdonald, and Biorn Maybury-Lewis.

Publisher:

Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies ;

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

viii, 258 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Political messianism--History.
America--Territorial expansion--19th century.
Nationalism--History--19th century.
Indigenous peoples--America--History.

Other Authors:

Maybury-Lewis, David.
Macdonald, Theodore
Maybury-Lewis, Biorn
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Theodore Macdonald -- An American story? Second thoughts on manifest destiny / Anders Stephanson -- The "conquest of the desert" as a trope and enactment of Argentina's manifest destiny / Claudia N. Briones and Walter Delrio -- "Wild Indians," tutelary roles, and moving frontier in Amazonia: images of Indians in the birth Brazil / Jo©Đo Pacheco de Oliveira -- Chile Mestizo; Chile Ind©Ưgena / Jos©♭ Bengoa -- National expansion and native peoples of the United States and Canada / Roger L. Nichols -- Homeland and frontier / J. Edward Chamberlin -- The American West and American empire / Richard White -- Afterword / Biorn Maybury-Lewis.

Summary:

Papers presented at an interdisciplinary seminar held during 5-6 May 2006.

Series:

The David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University

ISBN:

0674033132
9780674033139

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261175227

LCCN:

2010478231

Locations:

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