How the Indians Lost Their Land - Law and Power on the Frontier

Informationen zum Autor Stuart Banner is Norman Abrams Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. Klappentext Between the early 17th century and the early 20th, nearly all U.S. land was transferred from American Indians to whites. Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers¿time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles. Zusammenfassung Between the early 17th century and the early 20th, nearly all U.S. land was transferred from American Indians to whites. Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers—time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Banner, Banner Stuart
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2007
• EAN: 9780674023963
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02396-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / United States / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas