Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930

by Alan Trachtenberg

Book Overview

Winner of the 2005 Francis Parkman Prize ? A century ago, U.S. policy aimed to sever the tribal allegiances of Native Americans, limit their ancient liberties, and coercively prepare them for citizenship. At the same time millions of arriving immigrants sought their freedom by means of that same citizenship. In this subtle, eye-opening new work, Alan Trachtenberg argues that the two developments were, inevitably, juxtaposed: Indians and immigrants...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374299757
• ISBN13: 9780374299750
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"