Title Murder state : California's native American genocide, 1846-1873 / Brendan C. Lindsay

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 436 pages) Contents Introduction: Defining Genocide -- Part 1. Imagining Genocide. Introduction. 1. The Core Values of Genocide -- 2. Emigrant Guides -- 3. The Overland Trail Experience -- Part 2. Perpetrating Genocide. Introduction -- 4. The Economics of Genocide in Southern California -- 5. Democratic Death Squads of Northern California -- Part 3. Supporting Genocide. Introduction -- 6. The Murder State -- 7. Federal Bystanders to and Agents of Genocide -- 8. Advertising Genocide -- Conclusion: At a Crossroads in the Genocide -- Epilogue: Forgetting and Remembering Genocide Summary "In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Euro-American citizenry of California carried out mass genocide against the Native population of their state, using the processes and mechanisms of democracy to secure land and resources for themselves and their private interests. The murder, rape, and enslavement of thousands of Native people were legitimized by notions of democracy--in this case mob rule--through a discreetly organized and brutally effective series of petitions, referenda, town hall meetings, and votes at every level of California government. Murder State is a comprehensive examination of these events and their early legacy. Preconceptions about Native Americans as shaped by the popular press and by immigrants' experiences on the overland trail to California were used to further justify the elimination of Native people in the newcomers' quest for land. The allegedly 'violent nature' of Native people was often merely their reaction to the atrocities committed against them as they were driven from their ancestral lands and alienated from their traditional resources"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians of North America -- California -- History -- 19th century Indians of North America -- Crimes against -- California Indians of North America -- California -- Government relations Genocide -- California -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. Genocide Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Crimes against Indians of North America -- Government relations Race relations Indianer -- historia. Folkmord -- historia. SUBJECT California -- Race relations California -- History -- 19th century Subject California Förenta staterna -- Kalifornien. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780803240216 080324021X 1280687819 9781280687815 9786613664754 6613664758

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