LEADER 04111nam 22006375 450 001 9910827896403321 005 20230613165932.0 010 $a0-300-18217-1 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300182170 035 $a(CKB)3710000000654110 035 $a(EBL)4518754 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4518754 035 $a(DE-B1597)540210 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300182170 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000654110 100 $a20200406h20162016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn American Genocide $eThe United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 /$fBenjamin Madley 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (709 p.) 225 0 $aThe Lamar Series in Western History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-18136-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. California Indians before 1846 --$t2. Prelude to Genocide: March 1846- March 1848 --$t3. Gold, Immigrants, and Killers from Oregon: March 1848- May 1850 --$t4. Turning Point: The Killing Campaigns of December 1849- May 1850 --$t5. Legislating Exclusion and Vulnerability: 1846-1853 --$t6. Rise of the Killing Machine: Militias and Vigilantes, April 1850- December 1854 --$t7. Perfecting the Killing Machine: December 1854- March 1861 --$t8. The Civil War in California and Its Aftermath: March 1861-1871 --$t9. Conclusion --$tAppendixes --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. The state and federal governments spent at least $ 1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials' culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book. 410 0$aLamar series in western history. 606 $aIndians of North America$zCalifornia 606 $aIndians of North America$xCrimes against$zCalifornia 606 $aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations$zCalifornia 606 $aState-sponsored terrorism$zCalifornia 606 $aIndians, Treatment of$zCalifornia 607 $aCalifornia$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aCalifornia 607 $aUSA 607 $aCalifornia$2fast 607 $aKalifornien$2gnd 615 0$aIndians of North America 615 0$aIndians of North America$xCrimes against 615 0$aIndians of North America$xGovernment relations 615 0$aState-sponsored terrorism 615 0$aIndians, Treatment of 676 $a979.404 686 $a15.85$2bcl 700 $aMadley$b Benjamin$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01683684 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827896403321 996 $aAn American Genocide$94054641 997 $aUNINA