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An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873

byBenjamin Madley

In An American Genocide, Benjamin Madley presents a historical account centered on the United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

520

ISBN

9780300230697