Seneca Possessed : Indians, Witchcraft, and Power in the Early American Republic.
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TextSeries: Early American StudiesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (322 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780812207088
- Handsome Lake,-1735-1815
- Seneca Indians-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-History-19th century
- Seneca Indians-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-Social life and customs-19th century
- Community life-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-History-19th century
- Social change-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-History-19th century
- Witchcraft-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-History-19th century
- Power (Social sciences)-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-History-19th century
- Quakers-Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-History-19th century
- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-Ethnic relations-History-19th century
- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)-Social life and customs-19th century
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- E99.S3 -- D466 2010eb
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Dominion -- 1. Colonial Crucible and Post-Revolutionary Predicament -- Part II. Spirit -- 2. Handsome Lake and the Seneca Great Awakening: Revelation and Transformation -- 3. Patriarchy and the Witch-Hunting of Handsome Lake -- Part III. Mastery -- 4. Friendly Mission: The Holy Conversation of Quakers and Senecas -- 5. From Longhouse to Farmhouse: Quakers and the Transformation of Seneca Rural Life -- 6. Seneca Repossessed, 1818-1826 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"--culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally--in the wake of the American Revolution.
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