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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 4 June 2009
- ISBN 9780195136753
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages432 pages
- Size 241x166x34 mm
- Weight 748 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 34 black and white halftones, 5 line illustrations 0
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Short description:
In this original and thought-provoking addition to the Pivotal Moments in American History series, Elliot West combines military, political, and social history to show how the battles of 1876 and 1877 were a major transitional point in the evolution of Indian policy.
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The Battle of the Little Big Horn, also known as 'Custer's Last Stand,' is one of the iconic events in American history. Though it was a shocking defeat for Federal troops at the hands of Lakota Indians, it stimulated a renewed effort to conquer tribal resistance, leading to the the defeat of Lakota Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in 1876 and of Chief Joseph's Nez Percé in 1877.
In this book for the Pivotal Moments in American History series, Elliott West will place the Little Big Horn and other dramatic events of the Indian Wars in a new context. Instead of looking at the Indian campaigns simply as part of westward expansion, West sees them as part of the national story of Reconstruction. After the Civil War, the federal government expanded the definition of citizenship to include former slaves, via the 13th and 14th amendments. This expanded conception of
citizenship would also be extended to Indians as the Indians transitioned from armed resistance to working within the framework of the Constitution. Viewed from this pan-national perspective, the ambitions of Reconstruction become much more ambiguous, with idealism, liberation and expanded opportunities mixed
with coercion, suppression and narrowing tolerance.
The Last Indian War, like other works in the Pivotal Moments series, will embed its interpretations in a readable and compelling narrative. West's gripping story brings to life many characters from both sides of the conflict, from early Yellowstone tourists caught up in the events, to Chief Joesph, who played a key role in the fighting and its aftermath. After his military defeat, Chief Joesph went on to become one of the most eloquent spokemen for the rule of law, contitutional
rights, and a larger idea of liberty and freedom in American history. The book will appeal to readers interested in Western history, but it should also have a strong market among students and historians for its distinctive new angle on the history of both the frontier and Reconstruction.
No one writes Western history better than Elliott West. Here he puts the Nez Perce story into the broad context of U.S. national integration while retaining its vivid specificity. A gripping account for both academic and general audiences.
Table of Contents:
Real People
Marks of Friendship
The Place of the Butterflies
"God Named This Land to Us"
Gold, Prophecy, and the Steal Treaty
"Conquering by Kindness"
"It Will Have to Be War!"
Maneuvering and Scrapping
Ways of Life, Ways of War
Leaving Home
Big Hole
Toward Buffalo Country
War in Wonderland
"The Best Skirmishers in the World"
Toward the Medicine Line
Under the Bear's Paw
Going to Hell
Eeikish Pah and Return
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