Facing west
the metaphysics of Indian-hating and empire-building
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Author
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1980 - University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language
English
Word Count
142,750 words, Guess
Page Count
571 pages
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- ISBN-100816609780
- ISBN-139780816609789
- LibraryThing219046
- Goodreads1271529
- Library of Congress Control Number80102340
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number80010234
- OCLC Control Number254260893
- OCLC Control Number5992449
- Better World Books9780816609789
- Open LibraryOL4127951M
Classifications
- DDC305.8/97/073
- LCCE98.P99 D74
- LCCE98.P99.D74
Description
"American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism. In his reinterpretation of "winning" the West, Drinnon links racism with colonialism and traces this interrelationship from the Pequot War in New England, through American expansion westward to the Pacific, and beyond to the Philippines and Vietnam. He cites parallels between the slaughter of bison on the Great Plains and the defoliation of Vietnam and notes similarities in the language of aggression used in the American West, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia."--BOOK JACKET.
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