Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad / Manu Karuka.
| Author/creator | Karuka, Manu, 1977- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] |
| Copyright Date | ©2019 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : maps. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | American Crossroads American crossroads. ^A394740 |
| Contents | The prose of countersovereignty -- Modes of relationship -- Railroad colonialism -- Lakota -- Chinese -- Pawnee -- Cheyenne -- Shareholder whiteness -- Continental imperialism -- Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America. |
| Abstract | "Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explicates the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 13, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Karuka, Manu, 1977- Empire's tracks. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520296626 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2018040802 |
| ISBN | 0520969057 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9780520969056 (electronic book) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctvd070nf JSTOR |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |