How the Indians Lost Their Land : Law and Power on the Frontier / Stuart Banner.
2009
E98.L3 -- B36 2005eb
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How the Indians Lost Their Land : Law and Power on the Frontier / Stuart Banner.
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9780674020535
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
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©2007
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource (352 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674020535 doi
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E98.L3 -- B36 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.2
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Between the early seventeenth century and the early twentieth, nearly all the land in the United States was transferred from American Indians to whites. How did Indians actually lose their land? Stuart Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers. Instead, time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. Native Proprietors
2. Manhattan for Twenty-four Dollars
3. From Contract to Treaty
4. A Revolution in Land Policy
5. From Ownership to Occupancy
6. Removal
7. Reservations
8. Allotment
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Introduction
1. Native Proprietors
2. Manhattan for Twenty-four Dollars
3. From Contract to Treaty
4. A Revolution in Land Policy
5. From Ownership to Occupancy
6. Removal
7. Reservations
8. Allotment
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index