The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)

The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility

(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forfatter: Laura M. Stevens

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Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering.

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Forlag University of Pennsylvania Press
Forfatter Laura M. Stevens
Type Bog
Format Paperback / softback
Sprog Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato 26-07-2006
Første udgivelsesår 2006
Serie Early American Studies
Illustrationer 5 illus.
Originalsprog United States
Sideantal 272
Indbinding Paperback / softback
Forlag University of Pennsylvania Press
Sideoplysninger 272 pages, 5 illus.
Mål 152 x 229 x 14
ISBN-13 / EAN-13 9780812219678