Empire of the people : settler colonialism and the foundations of modern democratic thought /

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"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 political thought a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dahl, Adam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Series:American political thought.
Subjects:
Land settlement > Political aspects > United States > History.
Indians of North America > Colonization.
Democracy > United States > History.
Manifest Destiny.
Colonisation intérieure > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Destinée manifeste (Politique américaine)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Democracy.
Land settlement > Political aspects.
Demokratie
Innere Kolonisation
United States > Territorial expansion > Political aspects.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Aspect politique.
United States.
USA
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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