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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The prose of countersovereignty
  • Modes of relationship
  • Railroad colonialism
  • Lakota
  • Chinese
  • Pawnee
  • Cheyenne
  • Shareholder whiteness
  • Continental imperialism
  • Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America.

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