Native tongues : colonialism and race from encounter to the reservation

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

Author/creator	Harvey, Sean P., 1978-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Description	338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	Indians, Treatment of--North America --History --18th century. Indians, Treatment of--North America --History --19th century. Indians of North America--Languages --History. Indians of North America--Colonization --History. Indians of North America--Government relations --History. Languages in contact--North America --History. Imperialism--Social aspects --North America --History. Racism against Indigenous peoples--North America --History. North America--Race relations --History.

Series	Harvard historical studies ; 184 Harvard historical studies ; v. 184. ^A18680
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.
Scope and content	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2014013486
ISBN	9780674289932
ISBN	0674289935

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E91 .H37 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold