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Namias's study is a carefully researched and scholarly account of the captivity experience in early America. Migration brought the European settlers and the Indians together in a variety of cross-cultural encounters. Namias (history, Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage) divides her study into two main parts: the first gives the reader an overview of the captivity experience from the viewpoint of both men and women and also includes a chapter on the sexual relationships between these groups. The second part is specific to the stories of three captives--Jane McCrea, Mary Jemison, and Sarah Wakefield. Namias explores the myths and realities in the relationship between the white settlers and the Native cultures. Her work will have great appeal to scholars and to readers with a keen interest in these aspects of American frontier history.
- Dorothy Lil ly, Grosse Pointe North H.S., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Dorothy Lil ly, Grosse Pointe North H.S., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Must reading for anyone interested in Indian captivities,
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This review is from: White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontier (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book, and have not hesitated to recommend it to people. What I appreciated the most about this book is that the author does not use the book as a forum on Male captives vs. Female Captives, but as a comparison, although her focus is on female captives.
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"On the tenth of February, 1675 came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
captivity materials, captivity literature, forbidden intimacies, captivity stories, white captives, captive story, frontier mother, male captives, captivity narrative, pardon tales, male prowess Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mary Jemison, New England, Sarah Wakefield, Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Upper Agency, Mary Rowlandson, David Jones, Frail Flower, Times of Change, John Smith, Little Crow, Camp Release, North American, Lower Agency, Minnesota River, Yellow Medicine, Daniel Boone, Fort Edward, James Seaver, John Williams, White Indians, Laura Wright, Seth Jones, Clarissa Plummer New!
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"On the tenth of February, 1675 came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
captivity materials, captivity literature, forbidden intimacies, captivity stories, white captives, captive story, frontier mother, male captives, captivity narrative, pardon tales, male prowess Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mary Jemison, New England, Sarah Wakefield, Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Upper Agency, Mary Rowlandson, David Jones, Frail Flower, Times of Change, John Smith, Little Crow, Camp Release, North American, Lower Agency, Minnesota River, Yellow Medicine, Daniel Boone, Fort Edward, James Seaver, John Williams, White Indians, Laura Wright, Seth Jones, Clarissa Plummer New!
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- The European and the Indian: Essays in the Ethnohistory of Colonial North America by James Axtell on 9 pages
- A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison by James E. Seaver on 8 pages
- The Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesee by James E. Seaver on 7 pages
- The Land Before Her: Fantasy and Experience of the American Frontiers, 1630-1860 by Annette Kolodny on 5 pages
- History of Minnesota (4-volume set) by William Folwell on 4 pages
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- Americans: A Collision of Histories by Edward Countryman on 4 pages
- Americans: A Collision of Histories by Edward Countryman on 4 pages
- Hollywood's Frontier Captives: Cultural Anxiety and the Captivity Plot in American Film (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) by Barbara A. Mortimer on page 3, page 25, and Back Matter
- South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific (Contributions to the Study of World History) by Michael Sturma on page 33, and Back Matter
- Shaking the Faith: Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867 by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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