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Savagism and Civilization

Roy Harvey Pearce

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November 25, 2001

In this study of the concept of "savigism" as reflected in American writings on the Indian that appeared in political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, drama, poetry, novels, and anthropologists' accounts, Roy Harvey Pearce traces the conflct between the idea of the "noble savage" and the neeed to Christianize the heathen which ended with the rejection and virtual extermination of Indian culture.

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November 25, 2001

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276

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9780801869969

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https://doi.org/10.56021/9780801869969

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Roy Harvey Pearce

Roy Harvey Pearce is professor of American Literature, University of California, San Diego.