19th century
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american christianity
american culture
american history
american indian
anthropology
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biological superiority
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civilization
classics
colonialism
conversion
cultural darwinism
cultural narratives
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ethnic prejudice
heathens
history
indigenous peoples
indigenous rights
land appropriation
land rights
literature
mission
missionaries
native american
native american history
noble savage
nonfiction
prejudice
race
racial essentialism
settler colonialism
settlers
social issues
white mans burden
Product details
- ISBN 9780520062276
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 140 x 206mm
- Publication Date: 12 May 1988
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's "Savagism and Civilization" is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culture.
