Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1880-1930

by Alan Trachtenberg

Book Overview

"A book of elegance, depth, breadth, nuance and subtlety." --W. Richard West Jr. (Founding Director of the National Museum of the American Indian), The Washington Post

A century ago, U.S. policy aimed to sever the tribal allegiances of Native Americans, limit their ancient liberties, and coercively prepare them for citizenship. At the same time, millions of new immigrants sought their freedom by means of that same citizenship. Alan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809016397
• ISBN13: 9780809016396
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"