The Poor Indians: British Missionaries, Native Americans, and Colonial Sensibility (Early American Studies)

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Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering.

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Missionary work, arising from a sense of pity, helped convince the British that they were a benevolent people. Stevens relates this to the rise of the cult of sensibility, when philosophers argued that humans were inherently good because they felt sorrow at the sign of suffering.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 26 Jul 2006
ISBN 10: 0812219678
ISBN 13: 9780812219678