Subversive Implications of American Indian Literacy in New England's Praying Towns from 1620-1774

abstract: This thesis examines literacy development among the Algonquian-speaking Indian peoples of New England from approximately the years 1600-1775. Indians had forms of literacy prior to the coming of European settlers, who introduced them to English literacy for the purpose of proselytization....

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Other Authors: Langenfeld, Mark (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.40233