American Indian Holocaust and Survival, Volume 186: A Population History Since 1492

by Russell Thornton

Book Overview

This demographic overview of North American Indian history describes in detail the holocaust that, even today, white Americans tend to dismiss as an unfortunate concomitant of Manifest Destiny. They wish to forget that, as Euro-Americans invaded North America and prospered in the New World, the numbers of native peoples declined sharply; entire tribes, often in the space of a few years, were wiped from the face of the earth.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080612220X
• ISBN13: 9780806122205
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Important work

This important issue of Native American genocide is covered thoughly in this book. Another book on the subject, "The Smallpox Genocide of the Odawa Tribe at L'Arbre Croche, 1763: The History of a Native American Tribe," has just been released.

An important historical work

A must read for anyone interested in American Indian History. It allows the lay person to understand complicated demographic issues that shaped the American Indian population in this country. Reading this will alter your perception of the world.