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Leveraging an empire : settler colonialism and the legalities of citizenship in the Pacific Northwest /

Leveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon through an evaluation of Oregon's exclusionary laws between the years 1841 and 1859.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tyler, Jacki Hedlund (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A colonial outpost
  • Oregon and the making of a settler colony in the Pacific Northwest
  • The dispossession of American Indians and the right to exist
  • Understanding immigration restrictions through arguments of slavery and labor
  • Incorporated definitions of land ownership
  • The privileged right to an education
  • Implications of citizenship in suffrage and naturalization laws
  • Conclusion: Defiant subjects and their legacies.