Author: Asa Merrill Fairfield
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Category : Lassen County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California
Author: Asa Merrill Fairfield
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Category : Lassen County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Lassen County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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An American Genocide
Author: Benjamin Madley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300182171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 709
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Between 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. The state and federal governments spent at least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials’ culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300182171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
Between 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. The state and federal governments spent at least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials’ culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book.
The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2240
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2240
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Writings on Nevada
Author: Russell R. Elliott
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Category : Nevada
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Category : Nevada
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Nevada Studies in History and Political Science
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Grizzly Bear
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Bibliographical Series
Author: University of Nevada Press
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Languages : en
Pages : 552
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The Lassen Advocate, Special Centennial Edition, July 9th, 1965, [v.101, No.3
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Category : Lassen County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Category : Lassen County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio
Author: Albert Adams Graham
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Small Press Record of Books in Print
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Category : Small press books
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
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Category : Small press books
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
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