At the same time , Apess's inability to reject the notion of racial character or difference in A Son of the Forest can be seen in a political light . It is more difficult to produce a critique of difference as regards groups of people ...
Author: Maureen Konkle
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807854921
Category: Social Science
Page: 367
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In the early years of the republic, the United States government negotiated with Indian nations because it could not afford protracted wars politically, militarily, or economically. Maureen Konkle argues that by depending on treaties, which rest on the eq