On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory
Autor Andrew Newmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 noi 2012
As Newman demonstrates, the quest for ideal records—authentic, authoritative, and objective, anchored in the past yet intelligible to the present—has haunted historical actors and scholars alike. Yet without “proof,” how can we know what really happened? On Records articulates surprising connections among colonial documents, recorded oral traditions, and material and visual cultures. Its comprehensive, probing analysis of historical evidence yields a multifaceted understanding of events and reveals new insights into the divergent memories of a shared past.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780803239869
ISBN-10: 0803239866
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 12 illustrations, 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0803239866
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 12 illustrations, 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Andrew Newman is an associate professor of English at Stony Brook University, the State University of New York.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations 000
Acknowledgments 000
Introduction 000
1. Lenape Annals 000
2. An Account of a Tradition 000
3. The Most Valuable Record 000
4. Writings and Deeds 000
Afterword: A Chain of Memory 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
Acknowledgments 000
Introduction 000
1. Lenape Annals 000
2. An Account of a Tradition 000
3. The Most Valuable Record 000
4. Writings and Deeds 000
Afterword: A Chain of Memory 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
Recenzii
“A thoughtful meditation on how we know the past.”—New Books in Native American Studies
"Newman's book makes an important contribution to the study of Colonial and early America because it provides readers with new perspectives on understanding the interactions between historical records and representations."—S. A. Klein, CHOICE
"For those looking for an insightful and thought-provoking engagement with questions of literacy, textuality and memory in early America, On Records has much to offer."—Hilary Wyss, William and Mary Quarterly
"This book demands reading and rereading. Newman's point-counterpoint approach to each case study invites readers to question and challenge not only long-held assumptions about the nature of documentary evidence but also the intriguing conclusions his research offers."—Dawn Marsh Riggs, Journal of American History
"In Newman's study, the question of American origins is a semantic dance, one that oscillates between the original record and the representation of that record, which often takes on an even greater importance through its status as a "symbolic substitution" for that original."—Sarah Rivett, American Literary History
"[On Records] raises new questions that could bring together scholars with differing access to sources and result in studies that would have a fundamental bearing on the understanding of colonial encounters and confrontations on issues such as land, memory, and the meaning of history. It could perhaps also lead to new and different glimpses of a past that once was."—Gunlog Fur, American Historical Review