HIST205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pueblo Revolt, Hogshead, Karen Ordahl Kupperman
16 Mar 2017
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Study guide: 17th century colonies in the south . Historiography of jamestown -18th, 19th, and early 20th century studies : images & studies glorifying colonization; 19th artists concentrated. Pocahontas story paintings jamestown: john chapman"s painting pocahontas saving the life of captain john smith (1836) scene dramatic; pocahontas different savage indians (smoke & light) & smith idealized: many 18th to mid - 20th accounts jamestown not depict smith negative light or mention native american culture or artistic achievements. Why have historians concentrated more on northern vs. southern new world. Colonies: historian ralph luker questioned why more historians focused ma bay than jamestown; victorians constructed national history, exclusion jamestown colonization narrative story white/protestant - dominated colonies, rebecca goetz - 2007 jamestown symposium - many historians ignored. Jamestown - story one struggle & disease while new england ideal - land religious freedom. Historiography of jamestown 1970"s: american slavery, american freedom: the ordeal of colonial virginia (1975)
