Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940

by Sherry L. Smith

Book Overview

Reimagining Indians investigates a group of Anglo-American writers whose books about Native Americans helped reshape Americans' understanding of Indian peoples at the turn of the twentieth century. Hailing from the Eastern United States, these men and women traveled to the American West and discovered "exotics" in their midst. Drawn to Indian cultures as alternatives to what they found distasteful about modern American culture, these writers produced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195157273
• ISBN13: 9780195157277
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"