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By Joyce E. Chaplin

Subjects: Great britain, colonies, america, Human Body, Colonies, First contact with Europeans, Science and civilization, Social aspects of Technology, Frontier and pioneer life, Human body, social aspects, Attitudes, Science, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Social aspects of the Human body, Civilization, Social aspects of Imperialism, North america, history, Indians of North America, Imperialism, Indians of north america, first contact with europeans, Science, social aspects, Human body, Colonists, Social conditions, Technology, Social aspects, History, Race relations, Social aspects of Science, Technology, social aspects, English influences, North america, race relations

Description: "With this reinterpretation of early cultural encounters between the English and American natives, Joyce E. Chaplin thoroughly alters our historical view of the origins of English presumptions of racial superiority, and of the role science and technology played in shaping these notions. By placing the history of science and medicine at the very center of the story of early English colonization, Chaplin shows how contemporary European theories of nature and science dramatically influenced relations between the English and Indians within the formation of the British Empire."--BOOK JACKET.