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The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility - Early American Studies Laura M. Stevens
The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility - Early American Studies
Laura M. Stevens
Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering.
272 pages, 5 illus.
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 26 de julho de 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812219678 |
| Editoras | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Páginas | 272 |
| Dimensões | 229 × 152 × 14 mm · 426 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |