E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Sayre Thoreau and the American Indians
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5681-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5681-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Thoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as in his life, and this book traces the long and arduous process by which his ideas about Indians evolved from savagist stereotypes to attitudes of greater originality.
Originally published in 1977.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Weitere Infos & Material
FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
Acknowledgements, pg. xvii
References, pg. xix
CHAPTER I. Savagism, pg. 1
CHAPTER II. "As Long as Grass Grows and Water Runs", pg. 28
CHAPTER III. The Vision Quest—Walden, pg. 59
CHAPTER IV. A Book about Indians?, pg. 101
CHAPTER V. Beyond Savagism, pg. 123
CHAPTER VI. Maine—The Lessons of the Forest, pg. 155
CHAPTER VII. On the Sky-Tinted River, pg. 194
APPENDIX. On the Name and Number of the "Indian Books", pg. 217
Notes, pg. 221
Index, pg. 233
