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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madley, Benjamin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Colección:Lamar series in western history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.