Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson

by Christina Snyder

Book Overview

In Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian America. Most often, this drama focuses on whites who turned west to conquer a continent, extending "liberty" as they went. Great Crossings also includes Native Americans from across the continent seeking new ways to assert anciently-held rights and people of African descent who challenged the United...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199399069
• ISBN13: 9780199399062
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"