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Empire of the People : Settler Colonialism and the Foundations of Modern Democratic Thought /

In Empire of the People, Adam Dahl examines the ideological development of American democratic thought in the context of settler colonialism, a distinct form of colonialism aimed at the appropriation of Native land rather than the exploitation of Native labor. By placing the development of American...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dahl, Adam (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The settler colonial foundations of modern democratic thought
  • Federalism and Empire
  • From colonial dependence to imperial equality
  • The coloniality of constituent power
  • Settler Colonialism and Democratic Culture
  • Colonial dispossession and the settler social state
  • Manifest Destiny and the safety valve of colonization
  • Slavery and the empire of free soil
  • Unsettling Democracy
  • William Apess and the paradox of settler sovereignty
  • Decolonizing the democratic tradition.