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Shapers of the Great Debate on Native Americans - Land, Spirit, and Power: A Biographical Dictionary - Couverture rigide

Johansen Ph.D., Bruce E.

 
9780313309410: Shapers of the Great Debate on Native Americans - Land, Spirit, and Power: A Biographical Dictionary
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0313309418 ISBN 13 : 9780313309410
Editeur : Greenwood Press, 2000

Synopsis

Contrasting the views of Native Americans and European Americans, this book provides a fresh look at the rhetoric behind the westward movement of the American frontier. From George Armstrong Custer and Andrew Jackson to Helen Hunt Jackson, the volume gives the views of well-known Anglo-Americans and contrasts them with views of such well-known Native Americans as Metacom, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, and Black Hawk. Organized around major subthemes regarding the land, who should own it, and what ownership means, the book traces the rhetoric of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, then covers current issues in the words of Oren Lyons, Vine Deloria Jr., and Senator Slade Gorton.

The core of the debate in this volume is the taking of the continental United States from native peoples by European immigrants. In chapters revolving around major subthemes, the book develops biographies of significant figures in the history of a continent changing hands. What was George Armstrong Custer's view of Native American culture? How did this view contrast with that of his contemporary and antagonist at the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull? This book is the first to present and contract the views on both sides of the debate.

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À propos de l'auteur

BRUCE E. JOHANSEN is Robert T. Reilly Professor of Communication and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The author of 13 other books, he specializes in the influence of Native American political systems on U.S. political and legal institutions. His other books include Exemplar of Liberty (1991, with Donald A. Grinde, Jr.), Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Traditions (Greenwood, 1998) and The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History (Greenwood, 1999).

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Éditeur
Greenwood Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313309418
ISBN 13 
9780313309410
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
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