Settlers in Indian Country - Sovereignty and Indigenous Power in Early America

The aim of this Element is to foreground Native American conceptions of sovereignty and power in order to refine the place of settler colonialism in American colonial and early republican history. Where some histories of settler colonialism emphasise the violent 'elimination of the native', this work explores alternative explanations.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Rethinking Sovereignty; 2. Language and History; 3. History and Sovereignty; 4. Sovereignty and Territory; 5. Rethinking Colonialism.

Summary

The aim of this Element is to foreground Native American conceptions of sovereignty and power in order to refine the place of settler colonialism in American colonial and early republican history. Where some histories of settler colonialism emphasise the violent 'elimination of the native', this work explores alternative explanations.

Product details

• Authors: Charles W a Prior, Charles W. a. Prior, Charles W. A. (University of Hull) Prior, Prior Charles W. A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108793391
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79339-1
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Comparative Political Theory; Elements in Comparative Politi
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Colonialism & imperialism, Indigenous Peoples, Political science & theory, Relating to indigenous peoples, Comparative Politics, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, The Americas, Political science and theory, law; treaties; sovereignty; colonialism; Iroquois