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How the Indians lost their land law and power on the frontier
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- Summary
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Between the early seventeenth century and the early twentieth, nearly all the land in the United States was transferred from American Indians to whites. How did Indians actually lose their land? St...
Between the early seventeenth century and the early twentieth, nearly all the land in the United States was transferred from American Indians to whites. How did Indians actually lose their land? Stuart Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers. Instead, time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.
Details
- Creator
- Stuart Banner
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (344 p. ) ill., port
- ISBNs
- 9780674020535, 0674020537, 067402396X
- OCLC
- on1049632543, on1054877619, ocn979880243, ocn923111368
- Originally published: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-336) and index.
- English
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Native Proprietors -- 2. Manhattan for Twenty-four Dollars -- 3. From Contract to Treaty -- 4. A Revolution in Land Policy -- 5. From Ownership to Occupancy -- 6. Removal -- 7. Reservations -- 8. Allotment -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Subjects
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure.
- Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indians of North America -- Government relations.
- Indian land transfers -- United States -- History.
- Property -- United States.
- Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- United States.
- Land tenure -- Government policy -- United States.
- United States -- Politics and government.
- United States -- Race relations.