The Settlers' Empire Colonialism and State Formation in America's Old Northwest |
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| Author:
| Saler, Bethel |
| Series title: | Early American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-4663-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $47.50 |
Book Description:
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The Settlers' Empire examines the peculiar status of the young United States as a postcolonial republic with its own domestic empire by looking at where these dual political responsibilities inevitably collided--in the federal project of early state formation and its joint colonial rules over Euroamericans and diverse Indian nations.
The Settlers' Empire examines the peculiar status of the young United States as a postcolonial republic with its own domestic empire by looking at where these dual political responsibilities inevitably collided--in the federal project of early state formation and its joint colonial rules over Euroamericans and diverse Indian nations.