Savagism and Civilization
Download or Read eBook Savagism and Civilization PDF written by Roy Harvey Pearce and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988-05-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Roy Harvey Pearce |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 1988-05-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780520908673 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0520908678 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Savagism and Civilization by : Roy Harvey Pearce
Book excerpt: First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culure.
