Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature

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2009
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George Catlin gained renown for his nineteenth-century paintings of Indians and their lands. The author argues that, despite his sympathies, Catlin's work embodied the same prevailing sentiment toward Nature that sanctioned Indian removal and thus undercut his own alternate vision for westward expansion.

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George Catlin gained renown for his nineteenth-century paintings of Indians and their lands. The author argues that, despite his sympathies, Catlin's work embodied the same prevailing sentiment toward Nature that sanctioned Indian removal and thus undercut his own alternate vision for westward expansion.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 15 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0700616314
ISBN 13: 9780700616312

Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature

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