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Record Nr.

UNINA9910502999103321

Autore

Genovese Michael A.

Titolo

US Presidents and the Destruction of the Native American Nations / / by Michael A. Genovese, Alysa Landry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030835743

303083574X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 265 pages)

Collana

The Evolving American Presidency, , 2945-6169

Disciplina

320

323.1197

Soggetti

Executive power

America - Politics and government

World politics

Executive Politics

American Politics

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The Founding Era: Establishing Relations, 1789-1829 -- 3. The Jacksonian Hammer: 1829-1861 -- 4. The Civil War and Manifest Destiny: Lincoln to Harrison, 1861-1897 -- 5. America as an Imperial Power: McKinley to Hoover, 1897-1932 -- 6. he Rise of a Global Superpower, FDR to JFK, 1933-1963 -- 7. The Civil Rights Era and Beyond, LBJ to Donald Trump, 1963-2020 -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how the United States government, through the lens of presidential leadership, has tried to come to grips with the many and complex issues pertaining to relations with Indigenous peoples, who occupied the land long before the Europeans arrived. The historical relationship between the US government and Native American communities reflects many of the core contradictions and difficulties the new nation faced as it tried to establish itself as a legitimate government and fend off rival European powers, including separation of powers, the role of Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny, and the



relationship between diplomacy and war in the making of the United States. The authors' analysis touches on all US presidents from George Washington to Donald Trump, with sections devoted to each president. Ultimately, they consider what historical and contemporary relations between the government and native peoples reveal about who we are and how we operate as a nation. Michael A. Genovese is President of the Global Policy Institute at Loyola Marymount University, USA. Alysa Landry is Assistant Professor of English at Diné College, Arizona, USA.