ISBN:
9780520296640
,
9780520296626
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 297 Seiten
,
Karten
Series Statement:
American crossroads 52
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Karuka, Manu, 1977- author Empire's tracks
DDC:
385.097809034
Keywords:
Kolonisation
;
Eisenbahnlinie
;
Indianer
;
Expansionspolitik
;
USA
Abstract:
"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explicates the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
The prose of counter-sovereignty -- Modes of relationship -- Railroad colonialism -- Lakota -- Chinese -- Pawnee -- Cheyenne -- Shareholder whiteness -- Continental imperialism -- Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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