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First published in 1953, revised in 1964, and presented here with a new foreword by Arnold Krupat and new postscript by the author, Roy Harvey Pearce's Savagism and Civilization is a classic in the genre of history of ideas. Examining the political pamphlets, missionaries' reports, anthropologists' accounts, and the drama, poetry, and novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries, Professor Pearce traces the conflict between the idea of the noble savage and the will to Christianize the heathen and appropriate their land, which ended with the near extermination of Native American culure.

Public opinion --- Indians of North America --- Indians in literature. --- Indians of Central America in literature --- Indians of Mexico in literature --- Indians of North America in literature --- Indians of South America in literature --- Indians of the West Indies in literature --- Indians, Treatment of --- Public opinion. --- Cultural assimilation. --- Government relations --- 19th century. --- american christianity. --- american culture. --- american history. --- american indian. --- anthropology. --- biological superiority. --- civilization. --- classics. --- colonialism. --- conversion. --- cultural darwinism. --- cultural narratives. --- ethnic prejudice. --- heathens. --- history. --- indigenous peoples. --- indigenous rights. --- land appropriation. --- land rights. --- literature. --- mission. --- missionaries. --- native american history. --- native american. --- noble savage. --- nonfiction. --- prejudice. --- race. --- racial essentialism. --- settler colonialism. --- settlers. --- social issues. --- white mans burden.