This is the first book-length history of the «remnants» of the Massachusett and Wampanoag tribes, documenting their struggle to survive devastating epidemics and Puritan colonization. Morrison incorporates insights from anthropology and organization studies to show how the adoption of Puritan beliefs and practices by bands of «praying Indians» constituted a viable, if defensive, strategy of acculturation. The emergent institution of Praying Town became both the organization and the process through which these groups of Native Americans hoped to achieve cultural revitalization. Tragically, as the remnant peoples looked to Puritan ways for guidance in redefining their identiy, profound changes within colonial society were leading a new generation of colonists to subsume their own spiritual mission under more commercial concerns. In linking their destiny to weakening elements in Puritan culture, the Praying Indians were left unprotected when King Philip's War recast the framework of relations between colonists and Native Americans.

A Praying People: Massachusett Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan Mission, 1600-1690

History

Dane Morrison

Morrison, Dane

Americas

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Examines one of the most notorious scandals of the Civil War-the court-martial of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, native and Civil War general Fitz John Porter (1822-1901). 
As a promising general, Porter demonstrated courage, bravery, and impressive strategic skills, yet he made a battlefield decision that changed his life and has been a subject of controversy ever since. In essays from curators Kimberly Alexander and Richard Schubart and from early American historian Dane A. Morrison, the book follows Porter's military career, spectacular victory at Malvern Hill, stunning defeat at Second Manassas, politically charged court-martial, and sixteen-year struggle to restore his name.

Beautifully illustrated with thirty duotone photographs by Brian Smestad, and featuring an introduction by Strawbery Banke Museum president Lawrence Yerdon, Hero or Coward will appeal to readers interested in the Civil War and New Hampshire history, as well as the general public, as it seeks to answer the question of how a man who seemed destined for greatness ended up in a struggle to restore his reputation after humiliating public defeat.

Hero or Coward: The Story of General Fitz John Porter

Richard Schubart

Kimberly / Morrison Richard D. Alexander

Blue Tree

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