Editorializing the Indian Problem - The New York Times on Native Americans, 1860-1900

Klappentext From 1860 through 1900, the "Times" published nearly a thousand editorials on what was commonly called "the Indian problem." Hays gives readers what current accounts cannot: contemporary writers' perspectives on the public images of Native Americans and their place in a nation bent on expansion. Zusammenfassung Drawing on 4 decades of ""New York Times"" editorials! this book demonstrates the magnitude of the conflict between Native American and white European cultures as settlers and adventurers spread across the continent in the post-Civil War period. It provides perspectives on the public images of Natives and their place in a nation bent on expansion.

About the author

Robert Hays has been a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, public relations writer, and university professor. His books include Country Editor, State Science in Illinois, and Early Stories from the Land. He collaborated with Brigadier General Oscar W. Koch on G-2: Intelligence for Patton, which has become a standard reference for World War II historians.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hays, Robert G. Hays, Robert/ Simon Hays
• Publisher: Southern illinois univ.press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2007
• EAN: 9780809327621
• ISBN: 978-0-8093-2762-1
• No. of pages: 392
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous