Debating Democracy: Native American Legacy of Freedom - Softcover

Debating Democracy : Native American Legacy of Freedom

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There is substantial evidence that the framers of the documents and institutions that are the foundation of the American republic were influenced by the long-established democratic traditions of the Iroquois Confederacy. For many, however, this notion represents a perverse attack on American identity -- an attempt to deny American intellectual, cultural, and racial 'credentials'. A furious and often unseemly debate on this proposition has resulted. Bruce E. Johansen, one of the historians at the center of this storm, became seriously involved in 1978 when his proposal to write a dissertation on the 'influence theory' was met with academic scorn and disbelief. Johansen follows the controversy from its beginnings, providing highlights of the battle. He exposes the machinations of the academic establishment and ponders the power of the Eurocentric intellectual elite to distort and control the pool of information from which public and educational policies, media coverage, and public opinion itself are drawn. Artikel-Nr. 9780940666795

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