American settler colonialism : a history / Walter L. Hixson.

Author/creator Hixson, Walter L.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Descriptionxii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : settler colonialism, history, and theory -- "People from the unknown world": the colonial encounter and the acceleration of violence -- "No savage shall inherit the land": settler colonialism through the American Revolution -- "The savage and common enemy of the country": US settler colonialism to the Mississippi River -- "Scenes of agony and blood": settler colonialism and the Mexican and Civil Wars -- "They promised to take our land and they took it": settler colonialism in the American West -- "Spaces of denial": American settler colonialism in Hawai'i and Alaska -- "Things too scandalous to write": the Philippine intervention and the continuities of colonialism -- "A very particular kind of inclusion": indigenous people in the postcolonial United States -- Conclusion : the boomerang of savagery.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013028797
ISBN1137374241 (hbk)
ISBN9781137374240 (hbk)
ISBN113737425X (pbk.)
ISBN9781137374257 (pbk.)

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