03393nam 2200685Ia 450 991082798390332120200520144314.00-8032-4021-X1-280-68781-99786613664754(CKB)2670000000176547(EBL)915522(OCoLC)818952918(SSID)ssj0000600875(PQKBManifestationID)11422323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600875(PQKBWorkID)10601666(PQKB)10228109(MiAaPQ)EBC915522(OCoLC)792742067(MdBmJHUP)muse16077(Au-PeEL)EBL915522(CaPaEBR)ebr10559324(CaONFJC)MIL366475(EXLCZ)99267000000017654720111107d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMurder state California's native American genocide, 1846-1873 /Brendan C. LindsayLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20121 online resource (455 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8032-6966-8 0-8032-2480-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-425) and index.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 GenocideEpilogue: Forgetting and Remembering GenocideNotes; Bibliography; IndexIn 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<Indians of North AmericaCaliforniaHistory19th centuryIndians of North AmericaCrimes againstCaliforniaIndians of North AmericaCaliforniaGovernment relationsGenocideCaliforniaHistory19th centuryCaliforniaRace relationsCaliforniaHistory19th centuryIndians of North AmericaHistoryIndians of North AmericaCrimes againstIndians of North AmericaGovernment relations.GenocideHistory979.4/04Lindsay Brendan C1605342MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827983903321Murder state3930529UNINA