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Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad / Manu Karuka.

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"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the v...

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Main Author: Karuka, Manu, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:American crossroads.
Subjects:
Railroads > United States > History.
Capitalism > United States > 19th century.
Chinese > United States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Capitalism.
Chinese > Economic conditions.
Indians of North America > Economic conditions.
Railroads.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The prose of countersovereignty
  • Modes of relationship
  • Railroad colonialism
  • Lakota
  • Chinese
  • Pawnee
  • Cheyenne
  • Shareholder whiteness
  • Continental imperialism
  • Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America.

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