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019			_a(OCoLC)1013962967
019			_a(OCoLC)1029834839
019			_a(OCoLC)1032676795
019			_a(OCoLC)1037982022
019			_a(OCoLC)1042006826
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035			_a(DE-B1597)9781400864966
035			_a(DE-B1597)447912
035			_a(OCoLC)922695999
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aP381.N65
072		7	_aHIS036020 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a409/.7 _221
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aGray, Edward G. _eautore
245	1	0	_aNew World Babel : _bLanguages and Nations in Early America / _cEdward G. Gray.
250			_aCore Textbook
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©1999
300			_a1 online resource (200 p.) : _b1 Map 10 halftones
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aPrinceton Legacy Library ; _v73
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tIllustrations -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tIntroduction -- _tChapter I. New World Babel -- _tChapter II. Language and Conversion -- _tChapter III. The Burden of Translation -- _tChapter IV. The Savage Word -- _tChapter V. Science of the Vanished -- _tChapter VI. An American Poetics -- _tConclusion -- _tSelect Bibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aNew World Babel is an innovative cultural and intellectual history of the languages spoken by the native peoples of North America from the earliest era of European conquest through the beginning of the nineteenth century. By focusing on different aspects of the Euro-American response to indigenous speech, Edward Gray illuminates the ways in which Europeans' changing understanding of "language" shaped their relations with Native Americans. The work also brings to light something no other historian has treated in any sustained fashion: early America was a place of enormous linguistic diversity, with acute social and cultural problems associated with multilingualism.Beginning with the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and using rarely seen first-hand accounts of colonial missionaries and administrators, the author shows that European explorers and colonists generally regarded American-Indian languages, like all languages, as a divine endowment that bore only a superficial relationship to the distinct cultures of speakers. By relating these accounts to thinkers like Locke, Adam Smith, Jefferson, and others who sought to incorporate their findings into a broader picture of human development, he demonstrates how, during the eighteenth century, this perception gave way to the notion that language was a human innovation, and, as such, reflected the apparent social and intellectual differences of the world's peoples.The book is divided into six chronological chapters, each focusing on different aspects of the Euro-American response to indigenous languages. New World Babel will fascinate historians, anthropologists, and linguists--anyone interested in the history of literacy, print culture, and early ethnological thought.Originally published in 1999.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aIndians of North America _xLanguages.
650		0	_aLanguage and culture.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPhilosophy.
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775). _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400864966
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400864966
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