Native Tongues
Nonfiction, History, Americas, North America, Native American, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | Sean P. Harvey | ISBN: | 9780674745384 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sean P. Harvey |
| ISBN: | 9780674745384 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | January 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites’ theories of an “Indian mind” inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government’s efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come.
Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites’ theories of an “Indian mind” inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government’s efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come.
