How Long to Read Countering Colonization

How Long Does it Take to Read Countering Colonization?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Countering Colonization by Carol Devens

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

With Countering Colonization, Carol Devens offers a well-documented, revisionary history of Native American women. From the time of early Jesuit missionaries to the late nineteenth century, Devens brings Ojibwa, Cree, and Montagnais-Naskapi women of the Upper Great Lakes region to the fore. Far from being passive observers without regard for status and autonomy, these women were pivotal in their own communities and active in shaping the encounter between Native American and white civilizations. While women's voices have been silenced in most accounts, their actions preserved in missionary letters and reports indicate the vital part women played during centuries of conflict. In contrast to some Indian men who accepted the missionaries' religious and secular teachings as useful tools for dealing with whites, many Indian women felt a strong threat to their ways of life and beliefs. Women endured torture and hardship, and even torched missionaries' homes in an attempt to reassert control over their lives. Devens demonstrates that gender conflicts in Native American communities, which anthropologists considered to be "aboriginal," resulted in large part from women's and men's divergence over the acceptance of missionaries and their message. This book's perspective is unique in its focus on Native American women who acted to preserve their culture. In acknowledging these women as historically significant actors, Devens has written a work for every scholar and student seeking a more inclusive understanding of the North American past.

How long is Countering Colonization?

Countering Colonization by Carol Devens is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Countering Colonization Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Countering Colonization aloud.

What Reading Level is Countering Colonization?

Countering Colonization is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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