The great father the United States government and the American Indians
The Great Father was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the deta...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press
c1986.
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| Edición: | Abridged edition |
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b20295972*spi |
| Sumario: | The Great Father was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary War to 1980, the book traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy. |
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| Descripción Física: | XI, 426 p. : map. ; 23 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [405]-406) e índice |
| ISBN: | 9780803287129 9780803236752 |
