American settler colonialism : a history /
Hixson, Walter L.
American settler colonialism : a history / Walter L. Hixson. - First edition. - xii, 253 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-245) and index.
Introduction : settler colonialism, history, and theory -- People from the unknown world : the colonial encounter and the acceleration of violence -- No savage shall inherit the land : settler colonialism through the American Revolution -- The common enemy of the country : settler colonialism to the Mississippi River -- Scenes of agony and blood : Manifest Destiny and the crisis of settler colonialism -- They promised to take our land and they took it : completing the continental settler colonial project -- Spaces of denial : American colonialism in Hawai'i and Alaska -- Things too scandalous to write : the Philippine intervention and the continuities of colonialism -- A very particular kind of inclusion : indigenous people in the postcolonial United States -- Conclusion : the boomerang of savagery.
9781137374240 9781137374257
2013028797
Colonists--History.--United States
Imperialism--Social aspects--United States.
Violence--History.--United States
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Territories and possessions--History.
E179.5 / .H59 2013
973.3
American settler colonialism : a history / Walter L. Hixson. - First edition. - xii, 253 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-245) and index.
Introduction : settler colonialism, history, and theory -- People from the unknown world : the colonial encounter and the acceleration of violence -- No savage shall inherit the land : settler colonialism through the American Revolution -- The common enemy of the country : settler colonialism to the Mississippi River -- Scenes of agony and blood : Manifest Destiny and the crisis of settler colonialism -- They promised to take our land and they took it : completing the continental settler colonial project -- Spaces of denial : American colonialism in Hawai'i and Alaska -- Things too scandalous to write : the Philippine intervention and the continuities of colonialism -- A very particular kind of inclusion : indigenous people in the postcolonial United States -- Conclusion : the boomerang of savagery.
9781137374240 9781137374257
2013028797
Colonists--History.--United States
Imperialism--Social aspects--United States.
Violence--History.--United States
United States--Territorial expansion.
United States--Territories and possessions--History.
E179.5 / .H59 2013
973.3