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Firsting and lasting : writing Indians out of existence in New England / Jean M. O'Brien.
"Driven by a creative reading of hundreds of local histories, Jean M. O'Brien's Firsting and Lasting reinvigorates the old question of the 'vanishing Indian' in surprising ways, taking readers into the contradictions surrounding race and modernity, and offering an ur-history of the politics of tribal termination, dual citizenship, and cultural politics. It is a tour de force from one of our very best ethnohistorians."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780816665778
- ISBN: 081666577X
- ISBN: 9780816665785
- ISBN: 0816665788
- Physical Description: xxvi, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, �2010.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-259) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction : Indians can never be modern -- Firsting : local texts claim Indian places as their own -- Replacing : historical practices argue that non-Indians have supplanted Indians -- Lasting : texts purify the landscape of Indians by denying them a place in modernity -- Resisting : claims in texts about Indian extinction fail even as they are being made -- Conclusion : The continuing struggle over recognition.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 78 .N5 O27 2010 | 276285 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |