| Encyclopedia of American Indian Removal: [2 Volumes] Contributor(s): Jr, Daniel F. Littlefield (Editor), Parins, James W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0313360413 ISBN-13: 9780313360411 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $189.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | Reference - History | Historiography |
| Dewey: 970.004 |
| LCCN: 2010037598 |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 7.2" W x 10.2" (3.74 lbs) 652 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1830, Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to implement removal of Native Americans with the passage of the Indian Removal Act. Less than a decade later, tens of thousands of Native Americans--Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee-Creek, Seminole, and others--were forcibly moved from their tribal lands to enable settlement by Caucasians of European origin.
Encyclopedia of American Indian Removal presents a realistic depiction of removal as a complicated process that was deeply affected by political, economic, and tribal factors, rather than the popular romanticized concept of American Indians being herded west by military troops through a trackless wilderness. This work is presented in two volumes. Volume One contains essays on subjects and people that are general in scope and arranged alphabetically by subject; Volume Two is dedicated to primary documents regarding Indian removal and examines specific information about political debates, Indian responses to removal policy, and removals of individual tribes. |