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BL
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701343
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b523532
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Stevens, Laura M
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| Title & Author
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The poor Indians : : British missionaries, Native Americans, and colonial sensibility /\ Laura M. Stevens
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, c2004
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| Series Statement
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Early American studies
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264 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0812238125
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-247) and index
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| Contents
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Gold for glass, seeds to fruit: husbandry and trade in missionary writings -- "I have received your Christian and very loving letter": Epistolarity and transatlantic community -- "The reservoir of National Charity": the role of the missionary society -- Indians, deists, and the Anglican quest for compassion: the sermons of the Society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts -- The sacrifice of self: emotional expenditure and transatlantic ties in Brainerd's and Sergeant's biographies -- "Like snow against the sun": the Christian origins of the vanishing Indian
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Anglicans-- Missions-- United States-- History
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Indians of North America-- History-- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Indians of North America-- Missions
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Indians of North America-- Public opinion
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Missionaries-- Great Britain-- Attitudes
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Protestants-- Missions-- United States-- History
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Public opinion-- Great Britain
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Great Britain, Colonies, America
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United States, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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| LC Classification
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E98.M6S75 2004
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