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Experience Mayhew's Indian Converts: A Cultural Edition (Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, & the Contemporary)
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Description for Experience Mayhew's Indian Converts: A Cultural Edition (Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, & the Contemporary)
Paperback. Looks at the lives and culture of four generations of Native Americans in colonial America. Dividing his treatment into four sections - Indian Ministers, Good Men, Religious Women, and Pious Children - the author provides insights into early New England pedagogy and childrearing practices. Editor(s): Leibman, Laura Arnold. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 432 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
This is a new scholarly edition of an important primary text in Native American studies.First published in 1727, under the title ""Indian Converts"", or Some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England, Experience Mayhew's history of the Wampanoag Indians on Martha's Vineyard provides a rare look at the lives and culture of four generations of Native Americans in colonial America. Dividing his treatment into four sections - Indian Ministers, Good Men, Religious Women, and Pious Children - Mayhew details the books that different age groups were reading, ... Read more
This is a new scholarly edition of an important primary text in Native American studies.First published in 1727, under the title ""Indian Converts"", or Some account of the lives and dying speeches of a considerable number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England, Experience Mayhew's history of the Wampanoag Indians on Martha's Vineyard provides a rare look at the lives and culture of four generations of Native Americans in colonial America. Dividing his treatment into four sections - Indian Ministers, Good Men, Religious Women, and Pious Children - Mayhew details the books that different age groups were reading, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S.
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496613
SKU
V9781558496613
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About
LAURA ARNOLD LEIBMAN is associate professor of English and humanities at Reed College.
Reviews for Experience Mayhew's Indian Converts: A Cultural Edition (Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History, & the Contemporary)
Indian Converts is like no other source in the history of Atlantic coast Indians and English colonial America. It is a landmark work, and the time is well overdue for a scholarly edition. Laura Leibman is an able scholar to see this project to fruition. She brings to her work not only a comprehensive understanding of colonial literature, consistent with ... Read more