Surviving Wounded Knee - The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory

Zusatztext an important contribution that pushes our understanding of how and why Wounded Knee was remembered during and after the turn of the nineteenth century, and how and why the dominant memory was asserted and then challenged immediately after the violence ended in 1890 ... Grua's monograph is monumentally important ... a welcome addition to the canon of American and North American history. Informationen zum Autor David Grua is a historian and curator at the LDS Church History Museum. He holds a PhD from Texas Christian University. Klappentext A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory. Zusammenfassung A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Road to Wounded Knee Chapter 2: Exonerating the Seventh Cavalry Chapter 3: The Last Battle Chapter 4: In Memory of the Big Foot Massacre Chapter 5: No Thought of Hostility Chapter 6: Irreconcilable Memories Chapter 7: Liquidating the Liability of the United States for Wounded Knee Chapter 8: The Survivors' Legacies Appendix: Survivor Lists Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: David W Grua, David W. Grua, David W. (Historian/curator Grua, Grua David W.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2016
• EAN: 9780190249038
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024903-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to Native American people / First Americans