New World Babel: Languages and Nations in Early America

Author:   Edward G. Gray
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   73
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9780691632773


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Format:   Hardback
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New World Babel is an innovative cultural and intellectual history of the languages spoken by the native peoples of North America from the earliest era of European conquest through the beginning of the nineteenth century. By focusing on different aspects of the Euro-American response to indigenous speech, Edward Gray illuminates the ways in which E

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Author:   Edward G. Gray
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   73
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780691632773


ISBN 10:   0691632774
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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A substantial contribution to American intellectual history and to our understanding of how white presumptions shaped the attitudes toward Indian language and culture. -Kenneth Cmiel, University of Iowa Gray [covers] a vast range of very diverse material, much of it unknown and unread by modern scholars. -Anthony Pagden, The Johns Hopkins University


A substantial contribution to American intellectual history and to our understanding of how white presumptions shaped the attitudes toward Indian language and culture. --Kenneth Cmiel, University of Iowa Gray [covers] a vast range of very diverse material, much of it unknown and unread by modern scholars. --Anthony Pagden, The Johns Hopkins University


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