Firsting and lasting
Subtitle: writing Indians out of existence in New England
By: Jean M. O'Brien.
Series: Indigenous Americas
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Univ Of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780816665778; 9780816665785
Subjects: Indians of North America -- New England -- History -- 19th century; Indians of North America -- New England -- Historiography; New England -- History -- 19th century; New England -- Historiography; New England -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Indians can never be modern; title: Firsting : local texts claim Indian places as their own; title: Replacing : historical practices argue that non-Indians have supplanted Indians; title: Lasting : texts purify the landscape of Indians by denying them a place in modernity; title: Resisting : claims in texts about Indian extinction fail even as they are being made; title: Conclusion : the continuing struggle over recognition.