The relentless business of treaties : how indigenous land became US property / Martin Case.

The United States was the first country to be founded with private property as an organizing principle. The westward growth of the U.S. - the business of territory making -- was essentially the expansion of a system of property. This required supplanting any other relationships to the landscape, not...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Case, Martin, 1957- (Author)
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Treaties.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations > 1789-1869.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Government relations > 1869-1934.
Indians.
Indians > Land tenure.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Territorial expansion.
United States.
1789-1934
Treaties.
Genre:
Treaties.
Physical Description:215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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