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| Genre/Form: | Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme) |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Higham, C. L. Noble, wretched & redeemable. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2000 (OCoLC)606388492 |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
C L Higham |
| ISBN: | 0826321658 9780826321657 1552380262 9781552380260 |
| OCLC Number: | 45358513 |
| Description: | viii, 283 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The great commission -- Noble savages and wretched Indians -- Speaking in tongues -- Many tender tithes -- Courting the public -- Let no man rend asunder -- We are all savages. |
| Other Titles: | Noble, wretched, and redeemable |
| Responsibility: | C.L. Higham. |
Abstract:
"This comparative history explores Protestant missionary attitudes toward American Indians on the western frontiers of Canada and the United States during the nineteenth century. Canadian and American political systems, religious institutions, and frontiers developed along divergent paths, but Anglo racial attitudes transcended international boundaries and compelled Canadian and American missionaries to depict Indians in similar ways for literate, white Christians in the East. Indian stereotypes evolved from "noble savage" to "wretched savage" to "redeemable savage." Responding to financial and political pressures from missionary societies, governments, and secular scholarly institutions, field missionaries became government advisors and secular authorities on Indian affairs and portrayed Indians to fulfill eastern expectations. The author has researched memoirs, letters, journals, diaries, reports, newspapers, newsletters, and other primary sources to piece together the missionary story in Canada and the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Indians of North America -- Missions -- History -- 19th century.
- Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
- Public opinion -- United States.
- Public opinion -- Canada.
- Protestant churches -- Missions -- United States -- History.
- Protestant churches -- Missions -- Canada -- History.
- Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Missions -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
- Églises protestantes -- Missions -- Canada -- Histoire.
- Églises protestantes -- Missions -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
- Église protestante
- 19e siècle
- Amérindien
- Attitude
- Histoire
- Mission (Religion)
- Missionnaire
- Canada
- États-Unis
- Protestantismus.
- Mission.
- USA.
- Indianer.
- Kanada.

