An American genocide : the United States and the California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873

An American genocide : the United States and the California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873 / Benjamin Madley.

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 resistan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madley, Benjamin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Series:Lamar series in western history.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1800-1899
Indians of North America > California > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Crimes against > California > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Violence against > California > History > 19th century.
Genocide > California > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY > North America.
Genocide
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > Crimes against
Völkermord
Indianer
California
Kalifornien
History
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Table of Contents:
  • California Indians before 1846
  • Prelude to Genocide: March 1846-March 1848
  • Gold, Immigrants, and Killers from Oregon: March 1848-May 1850
  • Turning Point: The Killing Campaigns of December 1849-May 1850
  • Legislating Exclusion and Vulnerability: 1846-1853
  • Rise of the Killing Machine: Militias and Vigilantes, April 1850-December 1854
  • Perfecting the Killing Machine: December 1854-March 1861
  • The Civil War in California and Its Aftermath: March 1861-1871
  • Conclusion.

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