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Harvard Historical Studies 184

Native Tongues

Colonialism and Race from Encounter to the Reservation

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$42.00 • £33.95 • €38.00

ISBN 9780674289932

Publication Date: 01/05/2015

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352 pages

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

15 halftones

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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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