Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893 by Michael J. Altman

Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893

Michael J. Altman

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Today, there are more than two million Hindus in America. But before the twentieth century, Hinduism was unknown in the United States. But while Americans did not write about "Hinduism," they speculated at length about "heathenism," "the religion ...

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