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Murder State - California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873 (Hardcover)
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Murder State - California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873 (Hardcover)
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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.
In this narrative history employing numerous primary sources and
the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on genocide, Brendan C.
Lindsay examines the darker side of California history, one that is
rarely studied in detail, and the motives of both Native Americans
and Euro-Americans at the time. "Murder State" calls attention to
the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide.
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