American Indian Holocaust and Survival

A Population History since 1492

By:

Russell Thornton

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

The Civilization of the American Indian Series

Show Hide Adult Content

$72.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Wrap this item as a gift ($5.90) - add a free gift card on the next page

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 2-12 July using International Courier

Description

This demographic overview of North American Indian history describes in detail the holocaust that, even today, white Americans tend to dismiss as an unfortunate concomitant of Manifest Destiny. They wish to forget that, as Euro-Americans invaded North America and prospered in the ""New World,"" the numbers of native peoples declined sharply; entire tribes, often in the space of a few years, were ""wiped from the face of the earth."" The fires of the holocaust that consumed American Indians blazed in the fevers of newly encountered diseases, the flash of settlers' and soldiers' guns, the ravages of ""firewater,"" and the scorched-earth policies of the white invaders. Russell Thornton describes how the holocaust had as its causes disease, warfare and genocide, removal and relocation, and destruction of aboriginal ways of life. Until recently most scholars seemed reluctant to speculate about North American Indian populations in 1492. In this book Thornton discusses in detail how many Indians there were, where they had come from, and how modern scholarship in many disciplines may enable us to make more accurate estimates of aboriginal populations.

Author Biography:

Russell Thornton is Professor of Sociology in the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Release date Australia

March 30th, 1990

Author

Russell Thornton

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

21 black & white illustrations, 7 maps

Pages

312

Series

The Civilization of the American Indian Series

Dimensions

142x230x17

ISBN-13

9780806122205

Product ID

5966285

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here