02715oam 2200589I 450 991058359200332120250411153056.097808139482630813948266(CKB)5680000000060769(OCoLC)1286675434(oapen)doab90013(EXLCZ)99568000000006076920221206d2022 uy- 0engur|||---|||||txtrdacontentcrdacontentcrrdamediaBefore American history nationalist mythmaking and indigenous dispossession /Christen MucherCharlottesvilleUniversity of Virginia Press2022Charlottesville :University of Virginia Press,[2022]1 online resourceWriting the early Americas9780813948249 081394824X 9780813948256 0813948258 Includes bibliographical references and index.Ofering the "Indian" archive -- Storied lands of the "Old West" -- Mexico antiguo through americano eyes -- Nationalist science and the chronology of disposession -- Removal in the antiquarian archive -- An American Babylon in the Mexican Republic -- Epilogue: after American history."This book argues that the current understanding of North America's past was created as a tool of nationalism, and that it required the misappropriation of Indigenous histories. In the United States and Mexico, the Indigenous past was repurposed as American history while at the same time used to erase and denigrate Native peoples, a legacy that continues when we repeat these narratives"--Provided by publisher.Writing the early Americas.Nationalist mythmaking and indigenous dispossessionIndians of North AmericaHistoriographyNationalism and historiographyUnited StatesNationalism and historiographyMexicoIndians of North AmericaAntiquitiesCollectors and collectingHistorySettler colonialismUnited StatesHistoryAmericaAntiquitiesIndians of North AmericaHistoriography.Nationalism and historiographyNationalism and historiographyIndians of North AmericaAntiquitiesCollectors and collectingHistory.Settler colonialismHistory.970.0Mucher Christen1271731FDAFDABOOK9910583592003321Before American History2995813UNINA