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Before American history : nationalist mythmaking and indigenous dispossession / Christen Mucher.

Van Pelt Library E76.8 .M83 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mucher, Christen, author.
Series:
Writing the early Americas
The sustainable history mongraph pilot
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of North America--Historiography.
Indians of North America.
Nationalism and historiography--United States.
Nationalism and historiography.
Nationalism and historiography--Mexico.
Indians of North America--Antiquities--Collectors and collecting--History.
Settler colonialism--United States--History.
Settler colonialism.
Antiquities.
Indians of North America--Antiquities--Collectors and collecting.
America--Antiquities.
America.
Mexico.
United States.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xxii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Other Title:
Nationalist mythmaking and indigenous dispossession
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Summary:
"This book argues that the current understanding of North America's past was created as a tool of nationalism, and that it required the misappropriation of Indigenous histories. In the United States and Mexico, the Indigenous past was repurposed as American history while at the same time used to erase and denigrate Native peoples, a legacy that continues when we repeat these narratives"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Ordering the "Indian" Archive
ch. 2 Storied Lands of the Old West
ch. 3 Mexico Antiguo through Americano Eyes
ch. 4 Nationalist Science and the Chronology of Dispossession
ch. 5 Removal in the Antiquarian Archive
ch. 6 An American Babylon in the Mexican Republic.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Mucher, Christen. Before American history
ISBN:
9780813948249
081394824X
9780813948256
0813948258
OCLC:
1286068794
Publisher Number:
99993493715

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