Modernity And Its Other

Download or read book Modernity and Its Other written by Robert Sayre and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Views of Modernity: Internal/External Discovery 1. Crevecoeur: British America before and during the Revolutionary Upheaval 2. Philip Freneau: After the Revolution 3. Moreau de Saint-Mery: Fin de Siecle Part 2. Views of the Other: Travels in "Indian Territory" 4. The Zero Degree of the Other: Indian Violence and "Adventure" with Indians 5. Accounts of Travel in New France: Lahontan and Charlevoix 6. Anglo-American Travelers: John Lawson and Jonathan Carver 7. Travels of William Bartram, Quaker Botanist 8. Fur Traders: Alexander Mackenzie and Jean-Baptiste Trudeau Epilogue: Into the Nineteenth Century--George Catlin Conclusion Appendix: Chronology of Historical Events, Travels, and Publications Notes Bibliography Index