Savage Systems examines the emergence of the concepts of "religion"and "religions" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which European travelers; missionaries; settlers; and government agents; as well as indigenous Africans; engaged in the comparison of alternative religious ways of life as one dimension of intercultural contact. Focusing primarily on ninteenth-century frontier relations; David Chidester demonstrates that the terms and conditions for comparison--including a discrouse about "otherness" that were established during this period still remains.A volume in the series Studies in Religion and Culture
#462634 in Books Rutgers University Press 2006-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.24 x .77 x 6.34l; 1.01 #File Name: 081353884X224 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Neck; Long Island: A Predominately Jewish Suburb and how it came to be.By Alan GreggI lived in my formative years on the North Shore of Long Island; so I was very intimately aware of the Great Neck peninsula and it's history; myriad of of incorporated villages and unincorporated hamlets. I thought Judith Goldstein did a very good job in weaving Great Neck's formative suburban history to the present day; and how the Jewish community played such a vital part in that role. The only thing I could think that would improve upon this book would be a detailed map of the Great Neck area; so those unfamiliar with the community could better orient themselves as to where Saddle Rock is located; Kings Point; Great Neck Estates; Great Neck Plaza; Kensington; Lake Success and Spinney Hill and so on. This would help in understanding the dynamics and development of the Great Neck peninsula.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I thought this book would be more about the great neck in the 50's and 60's but it is ...By joan goldmanI thought this book would be more about the great neck in the 50's and 60's but it is more about Great neck in the 20's- 40's. Nevertheless; well written and interesting for what it is.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. An American OriginalBy Sally SteinbergGreat Neck emerges as a personality; an American Original; in Judy Goldstein's fascinating tale of a place that might look like just another bland pocket of sprawl. But Great Neck has a rich; star-studded history set against a variegated panorama of social and ethnographic elements; from mogul to maid; from the American South to the Middle East to Eastern Europe. Who knew that behind the split-level facades; complex sagas of life on earth were taking place? It gained part of its mythology from Fitzgerald and his use of it as the locale of The Great Gatsby. Then came Eddie Cantor and Jock Whitney and the Iranian Jews. This book details these stories and others and everything else you might want to know about Great Neck in scholarly; eloquent; accessible prose. The more you read; the more you do want to know about what happened there. One of America's multi-faceted habitats; disguised as a suburb; comes to life in these pages.
