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American Indian wars : the essential reference guide / Justin D. Murphy, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, [2022]Description: xxiv, 326 pages ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440875090
  • 144087509X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- A-Z entries -- Primary source documents -- Chronology.
Summary: "Providing secondary and undergraduate students an indispensable overview of the American Indian Wars, this book focuses upon Native American tribes and warriors and their varying responses to the onslaught of European colonists and American settlers in the centuries following contact"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "This work provides an overview of the Indian Wars from the arrival of Europeans until 1890. The work focuses primarily on Native American tribes and warriors and their role in battles and campaigns against other Native Americans and European/Americans, while also including key European/American leaders and soldiers as well as treaties between Native Americans and European/Americans. The introduction provides a broad overview of the Indian Wars and also considers whether the Indian Wars should be considered genocide. The bibliography focuses on the most important works published on the Indian Wars. Each entry also includes a list of references for readers to consult. The work also includes a collection of primary source documents that span the entire time period." -- Back cover.
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Providing an indispensable overview of the American Indian Wars, this book focuses on Native American tribes and warriors and their varying responses to the onslaught of European colonists and American settlers in the centuries following contact.

This work provides an overview of the Indian Wars from the arrival of Europeans until 1890. The work focuses primarily on Native American tribes and warriors and their role in battles and campaigns against other Native Americans and Europeans/Americans, while also including key European/American leaders and soldiers as well as treaties between Native Americans and Europeans/Americans. The introduction provides a broad overview of the Indian Wars and also considers whether the Indian Wars should be considered genocide. The bibliography focuses on the most important works published on the Indian Wars. Each entry also includes a list of references for readers to consult. The work also includes a collection of primary source documents that span the entire time period.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- A-Z entries -- Primary source documents -- Chronology.

"Providing secondary and undergraduate students an indispensable overview of the American Indian Wars, this book focuses upon Native American tribes and warriors and their varying responses to the onslaught of European colonists and American settlers in the centuries following contact"-- Provided by publisher.

"This work provides an overview of the Indian Wars from the arrival of Europeans until 1890. The work focuses primarily on Native American tribes and warriors and their role in battles and campaigns against other Native Americans and European/Americans, while also including key European/American leaders and soldiers as well as treaties between Native Americans and European/Americans. The introduction provides a broad overview of the Indian Wars and also considers whether the Indian Wars should be considered genocide. The bibliography focuses on the most important works published on the Indian Wars. Each entry also includes a list of references for readers to consult. The work also includes a collection of primary source documents that span the entire time period." -- Back cover.

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