Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life

by James Daschuk

Book Overview

The award-winning book about how Canada's first prime minister starved Indigenous peoples in the pursuit of nationhood

Revealing how Canada's first Prime Minister used a policy of starvation against Indigenous people to clear the way for settlement, the multiple award-winning Clearing the Plains sparked widespread debate about genocide in Canada.
In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889776229
• ISBN13: 9780889776227
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"