Murder State: California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873

In this narrative history employing numerous primary sources and the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on genocide, Brendan C. Lindsay examines the darker side of California history, one rarely studied in detail, and the motives of both Native Americans and Euro-Americans at the time. Murder State calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide. --Publisher's description.

• | Author: Brendan C. Lindsay
• | Publisher: University Of Nebraska Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 456 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0803269668
• | ISBN-13: 9780803269668