Reimagining Indians : Native Americans through Anglo eyes, 1880-1940 / Sherry L. Smith.

Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writerswhose books about Native Americans helped reshape Americans'understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century. Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled tothe American West and discov...

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Main Author: Smith, Sherry Lynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University, 2000.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Summary:Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writerswhose books about Native Americans helped reshape Americans'understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century. Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled tothe American West and discovered "exotics" in their midst. Drawn toIndian cultures as alternatives to what they found distasteful aboutmodern American culture, these writers produced a body of work thatcelebrates Indian.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195136357
0195136357
9780195350432
019535043X
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9781280473562
9780195180527
0195180526
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
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