Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

by Michael John Witgen

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and U.S. development in the Old Northwest. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates, the credit for Native persistence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469664844
• ISBN13: 9781469664842
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"