Screen LibraryAmerican settler colonialism a history /
Over the course of three centuries, American settlers helped to create the richest, most powerful nation in human history, even as they killed and displaced millions. This groundbreaking work shows that American history is defined by settler colonialism, providing a compelling framework through whic...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
> c 1600 to c 1700
> c 1700 to c 1800
> c 1800 to c 1900
> USA
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137374264 |
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Over the course of three centuries, American settlers helped to create the richest, most powerful nation in human history, even as they killed and displaced millions. This groundbreaking work shows that American history is defined by settler colonialism, providing a compelling framework through which to understand its rise to global dominance. |
| Item Description: |
Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137374240. |
| Carrier Form: | 268 p. : 1 b&w, ill. |
| Audience: | Undergraduate. |
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9781137374264 : 1137374268 : |
| CLC: | K712.3 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: Settler Colonialism, History, and Theory 2. 'People from the Unknown World': The Colonial Encounter and the Acceleration of Violence 3. 'No Savage Shall Inherit the Land:' Settler Colonialism Through the American Revolution 4. 'The Common Enemy of the Country': Settler Colonialism to the Mississippi River 5. 'Scenes of Agony and Blood': Manifest Destiny and the Crisis of Settler Colonialism 6. 'They Promised to Take Our Land and They Took It:' Completing the Continental Settler Colonial Project 7. 'Spaces of Denial': American Colonialism in Hawai'i and Alaska 8. 'Things Too |