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ISBN-10: 0393541568
ISBN-13: 9780393541564
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 02/23/2021
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.50" W, 1.10" H

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

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In May 1830, the United States launched an unprecedented campaign to expel 80,000 Native Americans from their eastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River. In a firestorm of fraud and violence, thousands of Native Americans lost their lives, and thousands more lost their farms and possessions. The operation soon devolved into an unofficial policy of extermination, enabled by US officials, southern planters, and northern speculators. Hailed for its searing insight, Unworthy Republic transforms our understanding of this pivotal period in American history.

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There has been insufficient 'reckoning with the conquest of the continent, ' Claudio Saunt relays in this excellent new book. In many accounts of U.S. history, the discussion of the mass deportation of Native nations during the 1830s remains far too brief. Deportation's legacies in law, culture, and community continue to this day and find powerful exploration in this important addition to the field.–Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone), professor of history and American studies, Yale University
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393541568
ISBN-13: 9780393541564
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 02/23/2021
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.50" W, 1.10" H
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