Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad /

"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karuka, Manu, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Colección:American crossroads.
Temas:
1800-1899
Railroads > United States > History.
Capitalism > United States > 19th century.
Chinese > United States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Indians of North America > United States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
HISTORY > Native American.
Capitalism.
Chinese > Economic conditions.
Indians of North America > Economic conditions.
Railroads.
United States.
america.
asian american histories.
business records.
capitalism.
cheyenne.
chinese migrants.
colonialism.
exclusionary border policies.
imperial foundations.
indigenous.
interdisciplinary study.
lakota.
legislative.
military occupation.
military.
pawnee native american tribes.
transcontinental railroad.
us imperialism.
us political economy.
violent global histories.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explicates the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520969057
9780520969056

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