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History Native American

Noble, Wretched and Redeemable

Protestant Missionaries to the Indians in Canada and the United States, 1820-1900

by (author) Carol L. Higham

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press, University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2000
Category
Native American
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552384190
    Publish Date
    Sep 2000
    List Price
    $24.95

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Description

This important and original book examines the relationship between stereotypes of Native peoples and institutional change on the missionary frontiers of nineteenth-century Canada and the United States. Using case studies of Protestant missionaries, Carol Higham demonstrates how corporate missionary societies, governments, and secular scholarly institutions encouraged and rewarded the creation and dispersion of specific Native stereotypes.

This innovative discussion alternates between differences and similarities on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Higham has dug deeply into the publications of the Protestant missionary societies and also the private papers and many fictional and nonfictional works the missionaries left behind to produce this volume, which will be invaluable to the reader/researcher in cross-border studies.

About the author

Carol L. Higham is a visiting professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

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