Illinois: "I Speak It Well": Language, Cultural Understanding, And The End Of ...

Illinois: "I Speak It Well": Language, Cultural Understanding, And The End Of A Missionary Middle Ground In Illinois Country, 1673-1712 Robert Michael Morrissey, 2011   On early American frontiers, Indians and Europeans made new cultures on the basis of what one scholar has termed creative misunderstandings. Unable to fully understand each other, diverse peoples invented a shared culture by appealing to what they thought to be the values and beliefs of the other. But what happened when...

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