Surviving genocide : native nations and the United States from the American Revolution to bleeding Kansas

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Surviving genocide : native nations and the United States from the American Revolution to bleeding Kansas

Title remainder

native nations and the United States from the American Revolution to bleeding Kansas

Statement of responsibility

Jeffrey Ostler

Creator

• trueOstler, Jeffrey

Author

• trueOstler, Jeffrey

Subject

• trueRefugees
• trueEuropean-Americans
• trueForced relocations
• trueGenocide
• Genocide -- United States -- History
• trueGovernment relations with indigenous peoples
• Indians of North America -- Crimes against
• Indians of North America -- Government relations
• Indians of North America -- Land tenure
• Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc
• trueIndians of North America -- Relations with European-Americans
• Indians of North America -- Violence against
• trueIndians of North America, Treatment of
• Indians, Treatment of -- North America -- History
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America -- Land rights
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America -- Relations with European-Americans
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America, Treatment of
• trueLand tenure
• trueRace relations

Language

eng

Summary

In the first part of this sweeping two-volume history, Jeffrey Ostler investigates how American democracy relied on Indian dispossession and the federally sanctioned use of force to remove or slaughter Indians in the way of U.S. expansion. He charts the losses that Indians suffered from relentless violence and upheaval and the attendant effects of disease, deprivation, and exposure. This volume centers on the eastern United States from the 1750s to the start of the Civil War. An authoritative contribution to the history of the United States' violent path toward building a continental empire, this ambitious and well-researched book deepens our understanding of the seizure of indigenous lands, including the use of treaties to create the appearance of Native consent to dispossession. Ostler also carefully documents the resilience of Native people, showing how they survived genocide by creating alliances, defending their towns, and rebuilding their communities

Storyline

• trueSweeping

Tone

• trueThought-provoking
• trueSobering

Writing style

• trueCompelling
• trueWell-researched

Dewey number

970.980

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography