Scottish Highlanders and Native Americans
Subtitle: Indigenous Education in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: October 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780806138619
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Social History; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; North America; Northern Scotland, Highlands & Islands; Native American; Students & Student Life; 18th century; Algonquian Indians; Education; Indians of North America; Iroquois Indians
Description: "The Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (SSPCK) was founded in 1709 by Scottish Lowlanders for the education of Highlanders: specifically to convert them from the Gaelic language to English, from the Episcopal faith to Presbyterianism, and from latent Jacobitism to loyalty to the crown. And in a transatlantic translation of this effort, the "Scottish Society" also established itself in the New World to educate and assimilate Iroquois, Algonquin, and southeastern Native peoples." "In this first book-length examination of the SSPCK, Margaret Connell Szasz explores the origins of the Scottish Society's policies of cultural colonialism and their influence on two disparate frontiers. Drawing intriguing parallels between the treatment of Highland Scots and Native Americans, she incorporates multiple perspectives on the cultural encounter, juxtaposing the attitudes of Highlanders and Lowlanders, English colonials and Native peoples, while giving voice to the Society's pupils and graduates, its schoolmasters, and religious leaders."--Jacket.