LEADER 03453nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910461395403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8032-4021-X 010 $a1-280-68781-9 010 $a9786613664754 035 $a(CKB)2670000000176547 035 $a(EBL)915522 035 $a(OCoLC)818952918 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600875 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600875 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601666 035 $a(PQKB)10228109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915522 035 $a(OCoLC)792742067 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16077 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915522 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559324 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366475 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000176547 100 $a20111107d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMurder state$b[electronic resource] $eCalifornia's native American genocide, 1846-1873 /$fBrendan C. Lindsay 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (455 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-6966-8 311 $a0-8032-2480-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-425) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aEpilogue: Forgetting and Remembering GenocideNotes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 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< 606 $aIndians of North America$zCalifornia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aIndians of North America$xCrimes against$zCalifornia 606 $aIndians of North America$zCalifornia$xGovernment relations 606 $aGenocide$zCalifornia$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aCalifornia$xRace relations 607 $aCalifornia$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndians of North America$xHistory 615 0$aIndians of North America$xCrimes against 615 0$aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations. 615 0$aGenocide$xHistory 676 $a979.4/04 700 $aLindsay$b Brendan C$0859380 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461395403321 996 $aMurder state$91917933 997 $aUNINA