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"This book charts the connections between mission work, capitalism, and Native politics in order to understand the making of the American empire. It shows that civilizing missions and rhetoric were hinges for U.S. economic and political development that could both wreck devastation on Indigenous communities and offer Native peoples additional means to negotiate for power and endure"-- Provided by publisher.
Table des matières
Introduction
Part I. Foundations
Chapter 1. Missionaries and the Making of a New Empire in North America
Chapter 2. Resurrecting the "Chain of Friendship": The International Politics of Intercultural Diplomacy
Part II. Routes
Chapter 3. Becoming Useful: Speculative Philanthropy, Civilization, and Educational Reform
Chapter 4. The Mission Complex: The Material Consequences of Civilizing Work
Part III. Negotiations
Chapter 5. "A Damnd Rebelious Race": Native Authority in the Aftermath of War
Chapter 6. "The Best and Cheapest Way to Get Rid of Them": Speculative Philanthropy and Indigenous Dispossession
Chapter 7. "Of Mercy and of Sound Policy Too": Cultivating American Empire on the Continent and Overseas
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
A propos de l'auteur
Lori J. Daggar
