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The relentless business of treaties : how indigenous land became US property / Martin Case.
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Title:The relentless business of treaties : how indigenous land became US property / Martin Case.
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Author/Creator:Case, Martin, 1957- author.
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Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2018]
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: E98.T75 C37 2018
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Indians--Treaties.
Indians--Land tenure.
Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.
Indians of North America--Government relations--1869-1934.
United States--Territorial expansion.
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Genre/Form:Treaties.
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Description:215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Summary:The United States was the first country to be founded with private property as an organizing principle. The westward growth of the U.S.--the business of territory making--was essentially the expansion of a system of property. This required supplanting any other relationships to the landscape, not on an individual level, but as an organizing principle. The U.S. enterprise was so successful that today it can be difficult for Americans to think of land as anything other than real estate. This book explores how making treaties for land cessions with Native American nations transformed human relationships to the land and became a profitable family business--for speculators, traders, industrialists, politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists--Provided by publisher.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9781681340906 paperback alkaline paper
1681340909 paperback alkaline paper
9781681340913 electronic book
1681340917 electronic book
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Speculators
Territory: 1783
1800
Signers: A Speculative Enterprise
2. Traders
Territory: 1800
1812
Signers: Trade and Trust
3. Men of Industry
Territory: 1813
1829
Signers: The Machines
4. Political and Personal Boundaries
Territory: 1830
1838
Signers: Who Are Your People?
5. Bureaucrats
Territory: 1838
1848
Signers: Officers and Officeholders
6. Mythmakers
Territory: 1849
1858
Signers: Making History.