Bibliograph

Firsting and lasting, writing Indians out of existence in New England, Jean M. O'Brien

Type

Label

Firsting and lasting, writing Indians out of existence in New England, Jean M. O'Brien

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-259) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Firsting and lasting

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

496235695

Responsibility statement

Jean M. O'Brien

Review

"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

Series statement

Indigenous Americas

Sub title

writing Indians out of existence in New England

Table Of Contents

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

Creator