Shades of Hiawatha : staging Indians, making Americans : 1880-1930 / Alan Trachtenberg.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trachtenberg, Alan
Language:English
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, 2005, ©2004.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Public opinion.
Indigenous peoples in popular culture > North America.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Hiawatha, > active 15th century.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, > 1807-1882. > Song of Hiawatha.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Politics and government.
Physical Description:xxv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : dreaming Indian
  • Singing Hiawatha
  • Conceivable aliens
  • Yiddish Hiawatha
  • Ghostlier demarcations
  • Wanamaker Indians
  • The great bridge.