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Regeneration Through Violence - by Richard Slotkin (Paperback)
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Highlights
- In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and traditions that shape American culture evolved from the social and psychological anxieties of European settlers struggling in a strange new world to claim the land and displace the Native Americans.
- Author(s): Richard Slotkin
- 684 Pages
- Literary Criticism, American
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About the Book
Originally published: Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973.Book Synopsis
In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and traditions that shape American culture evolved from the social and psychological anxieties of European settlers struggling in a strange new world to claim the land and displace the Native Americans. Using the popular literature of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries-including captivity narratives, the Daniel Boone tales, and the writings of Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Melville-Slotkin traces the full development of this myth.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.2 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 684
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Richard Slotkin
Language: English
Street Date: April 15, 2000
TCIN: 88973523
UPC: 9780806132297
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-5165
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 2.05 pounds
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