Native Tongues

Colonialism and Race from Encounter to the Reservation

Sean P. Harvey

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ISBN 9780674289932

Publication Date: 01/05/2015

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352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Introduction
1. Language Encounters and the “Mind of Man, while in the Savage State”
2. Descent and Relations
3. Much More Fertile Than Commonly Supposed
4. Four Clicks, Two Gutturals, and a Nasal
5. The Unchangeable Character of the “Indian Mind”
6. Of Blood and Language
Epilogue
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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