Surviving Genocide : Native Nations and the United States From the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas

The first part of a sweeping two-volume history of the devastation brought to bear on Indian nations by U.S. expansion In this book, the first part of a sweeping two-volume history, Jeffrey Ostler investigates how American democracy relied on Indian dispossession and the federally sanctioned use of force to remove or slaughter Indians in the way of U.S. expansion. He charts the losses that Indians suffered from relentless violence and upheaval and the attendant effects of disease, deprivation, and exposure. This volume centers on the eastern United States from the 1750s to the start of the Civil War. An authoritative contribution to the history of the United States’ violent path toward building a continental empire, this ambitious and well-researched book deepens our understanding of the seizure of Indigenous lands, including the use of treaties to create the appearance of Native consent to dispossession. Ostler also documents the resilience of Native people, showing how they survived genocide by creating alliances, defending their towns, and rebuilding their communities. In the first part of this sweeping two-volume history, Jeffrey Ostler investigates how American democracy relied on Indian dispossession and the federally sanctioned use of force to remove or slaughter Indians in the way of U.S. expansion. He charts the losses that Indians suffered from relentless violence and upheaval and the attendant effects of disease, deprivation, and exposure. This volume centers on the eastern United States from the 1750s to the start of the Civil War. An authoritative contribution to the history of the United States’ violent path toward building a continental empire, this ambitious and well-researched book deepens our understanding of the seizure of indigenous lands, including the use of treaties to create the appearance of Native consent to dispossession. Ostler also carefully documents the resilience of Native people, showing how they survived genocide by creating alliances, defending their towns, and rebuilding their communities. In the first part of this sweeping two-volume history, Ostler investigates how American democracy relied on Indian dispossession and the federally sanctioned use of force to remove or slaughter Indians in the way of U.S. expansion. He charts the losses that Indians suffered from relentless violence and upheaval and the attendant effects of disease, deprivation, and exposure. This volume centers on the eastern United States from the 1750s to the start of the Civil War. Ostler deepens our understanding of the seizure of indigenous lands, including the use of treaties to create the appearance of Native consent to dispossession. He also carefully documents the resilience of Native people, showing how they survived genocide by creating alliances, defending their towns, and rebuilding their communities--Adapted from publisher description Jeffrey Ostler investiga cómo la democracia estadounidense se forjó sobre la desposesión de los indígenas y el uso de la fuerza sancionado por el gobierno federal para expulsar o masacrar a los nativos en el camino de su expansión. En el libro se enumeran las pérdidas que sufrieron los indios y las enfermedades, privaciones y el desamparo al que quedaron expuestos. Este volumen se centra en el este de los Estados Unidos, desde la década de 1750 hasta el comienzo de la Guerra Civil. Ostler también documenta cuidadosamente la resistencia de los nativos, mostrando cómo sobrevivieron al genocidio creando alianzas, defendiendo sus pueblos y reconstruyendo sus comunidades