Exploring literary, political and legal sources, the author argues that the "Indian question" was intertwined with the ways in which 19th-century Americans viewed their nation's past and envisioned its destiny. The book shows how the Indians provided a crucial site of reflection upon national identity, and yet, by being denied the natural rights upon which the constitutional principles of the United States rested, they also challenged American convictions of moral ascendancy and national legitimacy. It is from this gap between principles and practice, according to the author, that the nation emerged.
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An original work in terms of both the material it examines and the analyses it provides, Susan Scheckel's book will be an important contribution not only to our knowledge of the archives but also to our discussion of the broader cultural issues. (Cheryl Walker, author of "Indian Nation: Native American Literature and Nineteenth-Century Nationalisms" )
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"An original work in terms of both the material it examines and the analyses it provides, Susan Scheckel's book will be an important contribution not only to our knowledge of the archives but also to our discussion of the broader cultural issues."--Cheryl Walker, author of Indian Nation: Native American Literature and Nineteenth-Century Nationalisms
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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This a useful study, original in its use of primary source material (e.g. guidebooks to the Capitol) and carefully argued in terms of its conclusions. It resists the sweeping generalizations that too often characterize poco literary criticism, illuminating instead the complex, often contradictory responses of nineteenth-century US writers and artists as they strove to deal with the moral issues raised by "the Indian problem." As such it is a useful complement to studies by Helen Carr and Joshua Bellin, and interesting to read in relation to Benedict Anderson's "Imagined Communities."
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- Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America by Kerry A. Trask in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Demon of the Continent: Indians and the Shaping of American Literature by Joshua David Bellin in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Invisible Natives: Myth and Identity in the American Western by Armando Jose Prats on page 147, page 66, and Back Matter
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