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Author

Hausdoerffer, John.

Title Catlin's lament : Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the ethics of nature / John Hausdoerffer.

Imprint

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	759.13 C289Dh 2009	---	Available

Description	xvi, 184 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-178) and index.
Contents	Preface -- Introduction: Catlin's ethics and ideology : the age of Jackson -- Catlin's epiphany -- Catlin's gaze -- Catlin's lament -- Catlin's tragedy : Catlin in Europe -- Conclusion: Catlin's fetish -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
Subject	Catlin, George, 1796-1872 -- Ethics.
	Indians of North America -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century.
	Messianism, Political -- United States.
	Philosophy of nature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN	0700616314 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780700616312 (cloth : alk. paper)