Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England by Jean M.

Description: Firsting and Lasting by Jean M. O’Brien Firsting and Lasting , Jean M. OBrien argues that local histories became a primary means by which European Americans asserted their own modernity while denying it to Indian peoples. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrotehundreds of local histories about the founding and growth of their cities and towns. Ranging from pamphlets to multivolume treatments, these narratives shared a preoccupation with establishing the region as the cradle of an Anglo-Saxon nation and the center of a modern American culture. They also insisted, often in mournful tones, that New Englands original inhabitants, the Indians, had become extinct, even though many Indians still lived in the very towns being chronicled. In Firsting and Lasting, Jean M. OBrien argues that local histories became a primary means by which European Americans asserted their own modernity while denying it to Indian peoples. Author Biography Jean M. OBrien (White Earth Ojibwe) is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota, where she is also affiliated with American Indian studies and American studies. She is the author of Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 16501790. Table of Contents Authors Note on Sources, Introduction: Indians Can Never Be Modern, 1. Firsting: Local Texts Claim Indian Places As Their Own, 2. Replacing: Historical Practices Argue Non-Indians Have Supplanted Indians, 3. Lasting: Texts Purify the Landscape of Indians by Denying Them a Place in Modernity, 4. Resisting: Claims in Texts about Indian Extinction Fail Even As They Are Being Made, Conclusion: The Continuing Struggle over Recognition, Acknowledgments, Notes, Index Long Description Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of local histories about the founding and growth of their cities and towns. Ranging from pamphlets to multivolume treatments, these narratives shared a preoccupation with establishing the region as the cradle of an Anglo-Saxon nation and the center of a modern American culture. They also insisted, often in mournful tones, that New Englands original inhabitants, the Indians, had become extinct, even though many Indians still lived in the very towns being chronicled. In Firsting and Lasting , Jean M. OBrien argues that local histories became a primary means by which European Americans asserted their own modernity while denying it to Indian peoples. Erasing and then memorializing Indian peoples also served a more pragmatic colonial goal: refuting Indian claims to land and rights. Drawing on more than six hundred local histories from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island written between 1820 and 1880, as well as censuses, monuments, and accounts of historical pageants and commemorations, OBrien explores how these narratives inculcated the myth of Indian extinction, a myth that has stubbornly remained in the American consciousness. In order to convince themselves that the Indians had vanished despite their continued presence, OBrien finds that local historians and their readers embraced notions of racial purity rooted in the centurys scientific racism and saw living Indians as "mixed" and therefore no longer truly Indian. Adaptation to modern life on the part of Indian peoples was used as further evidence of their demise. Indians did not--and have not--accepted this effacement, and OBrien details how Indians have resisted their erasure through narratives of their own. These debates and the rich and surprising history uncovered in OBriens work continue to have a profound influence on discourses about race and indigenous rights. Details ISBN0816665788 Short Title FIRSTING & LASTING Publisher University of Minnesota Press Series Indigenous Americas Language English ISBN-10 0816665788 ISBN-13 9780816665785 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint University of Minnesota Press Country of Publication United States DEWEY 974.03 Illustrations 25 b&w illustrations, 2 tables Place of Publication Minnesota Subtitle Writing Indians out of Existence in New England UK Release Date 2010-05-10 Publication Date 2010-05-10 NZ Release Date 2010-05-10 US Release Date 2010-05-10 Author Jean M. OBrien Pages 320 Alternative 9780816665778 Audience General AU Release Date 2010-07-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161718381;

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