Description

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1. Introduction 2. The Savage Mind: Metaphysics and the Humanity of the Indian 3. Savages in the Streams of Time: The Indian in English Historical Consciousness4. A Digression on Air: Race and Climate in Early America 5. Powhatan's Two Bodies: Civil Savage, Savage Colonist 6. Killing with Kindness: The Tragedy of Benevolence 7. Conclusion.

About the Author

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Alan S. Rome is Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia. He works on the intellectual history of early modern America and Europe and has taught extensively in American and European history.