Jefferson and the Indians - The Tragic Fate of the First Americans

About the author

Anthony F. C. Wallace was University Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

Wallace takes us on a tour of discovery to unexplored regions of Jefferson’s mind. There, the bookish Enlightenment scholar—chronicler of the eloquence of America’s native peoples and mourner of their tragic fate--sits uncomfortably close to Jefferson the imperialist and architect of Indian removal.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony F. C. Wallace
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2001
• EAN: 9780674005488
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00548-8
• Weight: 635 g
• Illustrations: 60 halftones, 3 maps, 28 boxed quotes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, c 1500 onwards to present day, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people, HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas