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Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization
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Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of CivilizationEngraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization

In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its “savage other.” Going beyond the notion of the “savage” as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples.
 
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