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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821499703321

Autore

Hixson W

Titolo

American Settler Colonialism : A History / / by W. Hixson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-137-37425-X

1-137-37426-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

973.3

Soggetti

Social history

History, Modern

Imperialism

Historiography

Social History

History of the Americas

US History

Modern History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Historiography and Method

America History

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : settler colonialism, history, and theory -- People from the unknown world : the colonial encounter and the acceleration of violence -- No savage shall inherit the land : settler colonialism through the American Revolution -- The common enemy of the country : settler colonialism to the Mississippi River -- Scenes of agony and blood : Manifest Destiny and the crisis of settler colonialism -- They promised to take our land and they took it : completing the continental settler colonial project -- Spaces of denial : American colonialism in Hawai'i and Alaska -- Things too scandalous to write : the Philippine intervention and the continuities of colonialism -- A very particular



kind of inclusion : indigenous people in the postcolonial United States -- Conclusion : the boomerang of savagery.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the course of three centuries, American settlers helped to create the richest, most powerful nation in human history, even as they killed and displaced millions. This groundbreaking work shows that American history is defined by settler colonialism, providing a compelling framework through which to understand its rise to global dominance.