Seneca possessed : Indians, witchcraft, and power in the early American republic / Matthew Dennis.

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Main Author: Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Handsome Lake, > 1735-1815.
Seneca people > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Seneca people > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Community life > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Social change > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Witchcraft > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Quakers > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Physical Description:viii, 313 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • pt. 1. Dominion
  • Colonial crucible and post-Revolutionary predicament
  • pt. 2. Spirit
  • Handsome Lake and the Seneca great awakening : revelation and transformation
  • Patriarchy and the witch-hunting of Handsome Lake
  • pt. 3. Mastery
  • Friendly mission : the holy conversation of Quakers and Senecas
  • From longhouse to farmhouse : Quakers and the transformation of Seneca rural life
  • Seneca repossessed, 1818-1826.