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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825937703321

Autore

Rosier Paul C

Titolo

Serving their country : American Indian politics and patriotism in the twentieth century / / Paul C. Rosier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-05452-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

323.1197

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Politics and government - 20th century

Indians of North America - Government relations - 1869-1934

Indians of North America - Government relations - 1934-

Patriotism - United States - History - 20th century

Democracy - United States - History - 20th century

Citizenship - United States - History - 20th century

Imperialism - History

United States Territorial expansion

United States Race relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285] - 347) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: An empire for liberty -- Westward the course of empire -- The defense of the reservation -- World War II battlegrounds -- The Cold War on the Indian frontier -- Nation building at home and abroad -- The last Indian war -- Epilogue: Indian Country in the twenty-first century.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C. Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Like African Americans, twentieth-century Native Americans served as a visible symbol of an America searching for rights and justice. American history is incomplete without their story.