Peace and Friendship: An Alternative History of the American West

by Stephen Aron

Book Overview

A new understanding of how the West came to be

For over 35 years, the dominant histories of the American West have been narratives of horrific conflicts. Framed in terms of empire building, these histories use modern constructs of ethnic cleansing and genocide to reckon the costs of centuries of conquest and settler colonialism. This vocabulary, and the interpretation it supports, sharply contrasts with older accounts of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019762278X
• ISBN13: 9780197622780
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"