Savagism and Civilization A Study of the Indian and the American Mind

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.Pearce, Roy H. is the author of 'Savagism and Civilization A Study of the Indian and the American Mind' with ISBN 9780520062276 and ISBN 0520062272.