Seneca Possessed - Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Dennis is Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. Klappentext Matthew Dennis is Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. Zusammenfassung Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"-culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally-in the wake of the American Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I. DOMINION 1. Colonial Crucible and Post-Revolutionary Predicament PART II. SPIRIT 2. Handsome Lake and the Seneca Great Awakening: Revelation and Transformation 3. Patriarchy and the Witch-Hunting of Handsome Lake PART III. MASTERY 4. Friendly Mission: The Holy Conversation of Quakers and Senecas 5. From Longhouse to Farmhouse: Quakers and the Transformation of Seneca Rural Life 6. Seneca Repossessed, 1818-1826 Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART I. DOMINION
1. Colonial Crucible and Post-Revolutionary Predicament
PART II. SPIRIT
2. Handsome Lake and the Seneca Great Awakening: Revelation and Transformation
3. Patriarchy and the Witch-Hunting of Handsome Lake
PART III. MASTERY
4. Friendly Mission: The Holy Conversation of Quakers and Senecas
5. From Longhouse to Farmhouse: Quakers and the Transformation of Seneca Rural Life
6. Seneca Repossessed, 1818-1826
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matthew Dennis
• Verlag: University of pennsylvania pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.12.2011
• EAN: 9780812221992
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2199-2
• Seiten: 328
• Serien: Early American Studies; Early American Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges