Violence over the land : Indians and empires in the early American West /
"Blackhawk, a Western Shoshone himself, does not portray the natives as victims. Instead, he demonstrates that their perseverance and ability to adapt to changing conditions over the last two centuries allowed them to help shape the world around them ... This is one of the finest studies availa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | "Blackhawk, a Western Shoshone himself, does not portray the natives as victims. Instead, he demonstrates that their perseverance and ability to adapt to changing conditions over the last two centuries allowed them to help shape the world around them ... This is one of the finest studies available on native peoples of the ggreat basin region." John Burch, Library Journal, from the bookjacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 372 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-357) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674022904 (alk. paper) |