The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
A history of the Seneca from the late colonial and early reservation period that centers on Handsome Lake's visions and the community's religious revitalization. It portrays the renewal of an Indigenous society at the intersection of politics, religion, and culture.
Work Information
It rereads Seneca history as a story of destruction and renewal centered on religious revitalization.
This book presents Seneca history not as a simple story of decline, but as one of renewal through the religious movement associated with Handsome Lake. It shows, in rich historical detail, how faith and community generated a new order under the pressure of colonial domination.
Review Summaries
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Readers value the book for placing Seneca history and the Handsome Lake movement in a broad historical frame. Its interpretive framework can be debated, but it remains an important reference point for Indigenous history.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Published
- 1972-04-12
- Pages
- 416 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.4 x 2.3 x 20.3 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780394716992
- ISBN-10
- 039471699X
- Price
- 3732 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Americas/United States/19th Century
in this book, an award-winning anthropologist tells the story of the late colonial and early reservation history of the Seneca Indians, and of the prophet Handsome Lake and the revitalization of an American Indian society that he and his followers achieved in the years around 1800. "Here is a carefully crafted masterpiece of anthropological and historical investigation. It is about both the specific renaissance of the Seneca and the possible renaissance of any people. On its specific subject matter, it will probably remain the definitive study for a long time."— Christian Science Monitor "Until this volume, there has been no single book written that relates the history and life style of one of the Iroquois peoples with the encompassing depth and breadth of knowledge, clarity, and interest that the subject deserves. Finally, this book does it for the Seneca. It is enthralling history, told in a knowledgeable, highly readable way."—Alvin M. Joseph Jr., author of The Indian Heritage of America "This book is at once troubling and richly textured; for it draws skillfully and impartially on the resources of history, ethnology and psychology to chronicle the agony and decline of one of the proudest of American Indian peoples."—Morris Opler
Anthony Wallace (19123-2015) was a prize-winning Canadian-American anthropologist who specialized in Native American cultures, especially the Iroquois. He served as chairman of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylania and as a medical research scientist and director of clinical research at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. His many other books include King of the Delawares: Teedyuscung , Culture and Personality , Religion: An Anthropological View, Jefferson and the Indians: The Tragic Fate of the First Americans, and The Long Bitter Trail.
Reviews
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Book
Good book
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I would recommend the first part alone to anyone remotely curious about ...
This book is a detailed, well-researched record of the Iroquois culture, providing the reader with the necessary context to understand the importance and effects of Handsome Lake's teachings. The examples Wallace provides to illustrate his points are relevant and interesting, and allow the reader to empathize and relate to the Iroquois, and the Seneca in particular. Finally, his analysis is fair. He neither romanticizes nor demonizes, but allows the different groups that appear in his study to be people. I would recommend the first part alone to anyone remotely curious about this culture. It is easy to see why this book has a perennial presence on college syllabi some 50 years on.
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Looks interesting
Just now getting into it, but it looks very interesting, and sure to solve my curiosity. Glad to have it.
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The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
Great book, held my interest from beginning to end. Anthony Wallace did his research and it shows throughout the book. Easy to read and understand the culture of the Seneca.
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A Good Insight of the Seneca People
A gift for a young man of Seneca heritage. He enjoyed it very much.