Produktbild
Claudio Saunt

Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory

Buch

In May 1830, the United States formally launched a policy to expel Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Justified as a humanitarian enterprise, the undertaking was to be systematic and rational, overseen by Washington's small but growing bureaucracy. But as the policy unfolded over the next decade, thousands of Native Americans died under the federal government's auspices, and thousands of others lost their possessions and homelands in an orgy of fraud, intimidation and violence. Unworthy Republic reveals how expulsion became national policy and describes the chaotic and deadly results of the operation… Mehr

CHF 35.90

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen

Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-393-60984-4
  • EAN: 9780393609844
  • Produktnummer: 31700630
  • Verlag: W W Norton & Co
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 416 S.
  • Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.6 cm x D4.5 cm 599 g
  • Gewicht: 599

Über den Autor


Claudio Saunt is the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia. He is the author of award-winning books, including A New Order of Things; Black, White, and Indian; and West of the Revolution. He lives in Athens, Georgia.

11 weitere Werke von Claudio Saunt:


Bewertungen


0 von 0 Bewertungen

Geben Sie eine Bewertung ab!

Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Produkt mit anderen Kunden.