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Native Americans through the 19th-century lens

The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.

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Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph

In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.

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The history of brainwashing

Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.

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Air of threat

Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.

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  • John Wesley preaching to native Americans. Engraving.
  • Queen Victoria & Prince Albert meet Native Americans
  • Virginia: costumes, customs, and dwellings of the native Americans. Engraving, 1732.
  • A missionary preaching to native Americans. Engraving by T.C Clark after Monroe.
  • Henry Wilson and his wife, Americans of the Mohave. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1898.
  • Above, Native Americans returning from a hunt chewing a tobacco-like substance; below, two armadillos. Etching.
  • Dakota War of 1862 (Sioux Uprising): the mass hanging of Sioux Native Americans at Mankato. Colour lithograph, 1863.
  • Dakota War of 1862 (Sioux Uprising): the mass hanging of Sioux Native Americans at Mankato. Colour lithograph, 1863.
  • Four groups of families representing native North Americans' united support against HIV/AIDS by the Chiefs of Ontario. Colour lithograph.
  • The death of General Montgomery, at Quebec, all around are soldiers and native Americans. Engraving by J. Thomson after J. Trumbull.
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