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UNINA9910459615703321 |
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Autore |
Reilly Hugh J |
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Titolo |
The frontier newspapers and the coverage of the Plains Indian Wars [[electronic resource] /] / Hugh J. Reilly |
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Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49205-5 |
9786612492051 |
0-313-35441-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Collana |
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Native America: yesterday and today |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Wars - 1866-1895 - Press coverage |
Indians of North America - Wars - Press coverage - Great Plains |
Newspapers - Great Plains - History - 19th century |
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Great Plains History 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Frontier Newspapers; 1. Great Sioux Uprising: August-December 1862; 2. Sand Creek Massacre: November 1864; 3. Fort Laramie Treaty: 1868; 4. The Little Big Horn Campaign: January-July 1876; 5. The Flight of the Nez Perce: March-October 1877; 6. The Cheyenne Outbreak: September 1878-January 1879; 7. The Standing Bear Trial: April-May 1879; 8. Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee: 1890-1891; 9. Closing the Circle; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Frontier Newspapers and the Coverage of the Plains Indian Wars takes readers back to the late 19th century to show how newspaper reporting impacted attitudes toward the conflict between the United States and Native Americans.||Emphasizing primary sources and eyewitness accounts, the book focuses on eight watershed events between 1862 and 1891Ñthe Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, the Sand Creek Massacre, the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Flight of the Nez Perce, the Cheyenne Outbreak, the Trial of Standing Bear, and the Massacre at Wounded Knee in 189 |
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