Francis Jennings
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Francis Jennings was an American historian, best known for his works on the colonial history of the United States
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Jennings taught at Cedar Crest College.
He was interested in American historiography and the influence of ideology in the case of Francis Parkman
. In 1956 he purchased a used set of his works. In his reading of Parkman he properly detected a heavy strain of American exceptionalism
or ideology and revisited Parkman's sources. The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
published his correction of colonial Indian relationships offered by Parkman in the Watergate era titled Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest. Jennings thought offers an American parallel to Michel Foucault
's analysis of ideology and power.
He spent his last years as the Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library
of Chicago and earlier as the director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian.
United States
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Jennings taught at Cedar Crest College.
He was interested in American historiography and the influence of ideology in the case of Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his...
. In 1956 he purchased a used set of his works. In his reading of Parkman he properly detected a heavy strain of American exceptionalism
American exceptionalism
American exceptionalism refers to the theory that the United States is qualitatively different from other countries. In this view, America's exceptionalism stems from its emergence from a revolution, becoming "the first new nation," and developing a uniquely American ideology, based on liberty,...
or ideology and revisited Parkman's sources. The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture was founded in 1943 and is jointly sponsored by The College of William & Mary and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In 1996, the College and Colonial Williamsburg added Omohundro to the Institute's name in recognition of a generous...
published his correction of colonial Indian relationships offered by Parkman in the Watergate era titled Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest. Jennings thought offers an American parallel to Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
's analysis of ideology and power.
He spent his last years as the Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library
Newberry Library
The Newberry Library is a privately endowed, independent research library for the humanities and social sciences in Chicago, Illinois. Although it is private, non-circulating library, the Newberry Library is free and open to the public...
of Chicago and earlier as the director of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian.