Screen LibraryThat dream shall have a name : native Americans rewriting America /
"The founding idea of "America" has been based largely on the expected sweeping away of Native Americans to make room for EuroAmericans and their cultures. In this authoritative study, David L. Moore examines the works of five well-known Native American writers and their efforts, sinc...
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University of Nebraska Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Lincoln : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"The founding idea of "America" has been based largely on the expected sweeping away of Native Americans to make room for EuroAmericans and their cultures. In this authoritative study, David L. Moore examines the works of five well-known Native American writers and their efforts, since the nation's early days, to redefine an "America" and "American identity" that includes Native Americans. That Dream Shall Have a Name focuses on the writing of Pequot Methodist minister William Apess in the 1830s; on Northern Paiute activist Sarah Winnemucca in the 1880s; on Salish/Me;tis novelist, historian, |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 465 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780803211087 (paperback : alkaline) : |
| Index Number: | PS508 |
| CLC: | I712.9 |
| Call Number: | I712.9/M821 |