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Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad

by Manu Karuka

Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an ex

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780520296640