Title Modernity and Its Other : the Encounter with North American Indians in the Eighteenth Century

Published Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (454 pages) Contents Front Cover; contents; illustrations; preface; acknowledgments; Introduction; CrÃv̈ecoeur; Philip Freneau; Moreau de Saint- Méry; The Zero Degree of the Other; Accounts of Travel in New France; Anglo- American Travelers; Travels of William Bartram, Quaker Botanist; Fur Traders; Epilogue; Conclusion; appendix; notes; bibliography; index Summary "In Modernity and Its Other Robert Woods Sayre examines eighteenth-century North America through discussion of texts drawn from the period. He focuses on this unique historical moment when early capitalist civilization (modernity) in colonial societies, especially the British, interacted closely with Indigenous communities (the "Other") before the balance of power shifted definitively toward the colonizers. Sayre considers a variety of French perspectives as a counterpoint to the Anglo-American lens, including J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur and Philip Freneau, as well as both Anglo-American and French or French Canadian travelers in "Indian territory," including William Bartram, Jonathan Carver, John Lawson, Alexander Mackenzie, Baron de Lahontan, Pierre Charlevoix and Jean-Baptiste Trudeau. Modernity and Its Other is an important addition to any North American historian's bookshelf, for it brings together the social history of the European colonies and the ethnohistory of the American Indian peoples who interacted with the colonizers."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Europeans-Travel-North America-History-18th century Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century. North America-Discovery and exploration-European Travelers' writings, European-History and criticism SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) Indians of North America Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples Travelers' writings, European Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Sayre, Robert Woods ISBN 9781496204790 1496204794

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