Matthew Dennis

Seneca Possessed

Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic

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Produktbeschreibung

Matthew Dennis is Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.

Produktdetails

• Early American Studies
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221992
• ISBN-10: 0812221990
• Artikelnr.: 35057977

Autorenporträt

Matthew Dennis is Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I. DOMINION
1. Colonial Crucible and Post-Revolutionary Predicament
PART II. SPIRIT
2. Handsome Lake and the Seneca Great Awakening: Revelation and
Transformation
3. Patriarchy and the Witch-Hunting of Handsome Lake
PART III. MASTERY
4. Friendly Mission: The Holy Conversation of Quakers and Senecas
5. From Longhouse to Farmhouse: Quakers and the Transformation of Seneca
Rural Life
6. Seneca Repossessed, 1818-1826
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments