Serving Their Country : : American Indian Politics and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century / / Paul C. Rosier.

Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Like African Americans, twentieth-century Native...

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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, , [2010]
©2009
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Abbreviations --
Prologue: An Empire for Liberty --
1 Westward the Course of Empire --
2 The Defense of the Reservation --
3 World War II Battlegrounds Yes, I really have seen the world but right now I am wishing --
4 The Cold War on the Indian Frontier --
5 Nation Building at Home and Abroad --
6 The Last Indian War --
Epilogue: Indian Country in the Twenty-first Century --
Archival Sources --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Like African Americans, twentieth-century Native Americans served as a visible symbol of an America searching for rights and justice. American history is incomplete without their story.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674054523
9783110442212
9783110442205
DOI:10.4159/9780674054523?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Paul C. Rosier.