Murder state : California's native American genocide, 1846-1873 / / Brendan C. Lindsay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955982703321
• Autore: Lindsay Brendan C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012
• ISBN: 9786613664754; 9780803240216; 080324021X; 9781280687815; 1280687819
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (455 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.4/04
• Soggetti: Indians of North America - California - History - 19th century; Indians of North America - Crimes against - California; Indians of North America - California - Government relations; Genocide - California - History - 19th century; California Race relations; California History 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-425) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Defining Genocide; Part 1. Imagining Genocide; Introduction; 1. The Core Values of Genocide; 2. Emigrant Guides; 3. The Overland Trail Experience; Part 2. Perpetrating Genocide; Introduction; 4. The Economics of Genocide in Southern California; 5. Democratic Death Squads of Northern California; Part 3. Supporting Genocide; Introduction; 6. The Murder State; 7. Federal Bystanders to and Agents of Genocide; 8. Advertising Genocide; Conclusion: At a Crossroads in the Genocide; Epilogue: Forgetting and Remembering GenocideNotes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Euro-American citizenry of California carried out mass genocide against the Native ; population of their state, using the processes and mechanisms of democracy to secure land and resources for themselves and their private interests. The murder, rape, and enslavement of thousands of Native people were legitimized by notions of democracy-in this case mob rule-through a discreetly organized and brutally effective series of petitions, referenda, town hall meetings, and votes at every level of California government.Murder State<