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Facing west : the metaphysics of Indian-hating and empire-building
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- ISBN: 0816609780 :
- ISBN: 9780816609789
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Physical Description:
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xx, 571 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1980.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 469-552. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Maypoles and Pequots -- The maypole of Merry Mount -- Thomas Morton -- John Endicott -- The Pequot War -- The legacy of the Pequot War -- Founding fathers and merciless savages -- Timothy Dwight of Greenfield Hill -- John Adams -- Thomas Jefferson -- Jefferson, II: benevolence betrayed -- Driving Indians into Jefferson's Stony Mountains -- Philanthropists and Indian-haters -- Westward ho! with James Kirke Paulding -- An American romance in color: William Gilmore Simms -- Nicks in the woods: Robert Montgomery Bird -- Friend of the Indian: Colonel McKenney -- Professional westerner: Judge Hall -- Civilizers and conquerors -- The American rhythm: Mary Austin -- The manifest destiny of John Fiske -- Outcast of the islands: Henry Adams -- The open door of John Hay --Insular expert: Professor Worcester -- The strenuous life abroad: "marked severities" in the Philippines -- The strenuous life at home: to and beyond the Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- Children of light -- The occident express: from the Bay Colony to Indochina -- The ugly American -- The secret agent: Edward Geary Lansdale -- Covert savior of the Philippines -- Closing the circle of empire: Indochina -- The quiet American -- The new frontier -- The problem of the west. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .P99 D75 1980 | 269052 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |