Violence over the Land : : Indians and Empires in the Early American West / / Ned Blackhawk.

In this ambitious book that ranges across the Great Basin, Blackhawk places Native peoples at the center of a dynamic story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that shaped the American West. This book is a passionate reminder of the high costs that the making of American hi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Introduction: The Indigenous Body in Pain --
ONE. Spanish-Ute Relations to 1750 --
TWO. The Making of the New Mexican–Ute Borderlands --
THREE. The Enduring Spanish-Ute Alliance --
FOUR. Crisis in the New Mexican–Ute Borderlands --
FIVE. Great Basin Indians in the Era of Lewis and Clark --
SIX. Colorado Utes and the Traumatic Storms of Expansion --
SEVEN. Utah’s Indians and the Crisis of Mormon Settlement --
Epilogue: Born on the Fourth of July, or Narrating Nevadan Indian Histories --
Chronology --
Abbreviations --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:In this ambitious book that ranges across the Great Basin, Blackhawk places Native peoples at the center of a dynamic story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that shaped the American West. This book is a passionate reminder of the high costs that the making of American history occasioned for many indigenous peoples.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674020993
9783110442212
9783110442205
DOI:10.4159/9780674020993?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Ned Blackhawk.