The newspaper Indian : Native American identity in the press, 1820-90 (The history of communication)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
025206738X
ISBN 13
9780252067389
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
244
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Press coverage -- United States
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Abstract
"Looks at how newspapers and news-making practices shaped the representations of Native Americans."--WorldCat.org.
Description
viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Indians, ideology, and the press --
Discovery, destiny, and savagery: imagining Indians in America --
Romance and rumor: the Indian in the antebellum press --
Explaining Indian removal --
The Daily Rocky Mountain news and the scandal of Sand Creek --
The war in words: reporting the Fetterman fight --
The making of an Indian villain: Sitting Bull in war and peace --
Indian reformers and the idealized indian --
The newspaper Indian.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Indians, ideology, and the press --
Discovery, destiny, and savagery: imagining Indians in America --
Romance and rumor: the Indian in the antebellum press --
Explaining Indian removal --
The Daily Rocky Mountain news and the scandal of Sand Creek --
The war in words: reporting the Fetterman fight --
The making of an Indian villain: Sitting Bull in war and peace --
Indian reformers and the idealized indian --
The newspaper Indian.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
