A Final Promise
The Campaign to Assimilate the Indians, 1880-1920
Published on 24. February 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-521-37987-8 (ISBN)
Description
This study presents changes in the goals of US Federal Indian policy in the context of scientific thought during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. The author argues that the policies on assimilation and citizenship were redefined between 1880 and 1920.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
557 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-37987-8 (9780521379878)
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Content
The appeal of assimilation; the campaign begins; the transformation of the Indian question; frozen in time and space; the emergence of a colonial land policy; schools for a dependent people; redefining Indian citizenship; the irony of assimilation. Appendices: senate role call votes; congressional appropriations; Indians' personal rights and liberties.