Robert A. Williams Jr.

Linking Arms Together (eBook, ePUB)

American Indian Treaty Visions of Law and Peace, 1600-1800

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This readable yet sophisticated survey of treaty-making between Native and European Americans before 1800, recovers a deeper understanding of how Indians tried to forge a new society with whites on the multicultural frontiers of North America-an understanding that may enlighten our own task of protecting Native American rights and imagining racial justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135282998
• Artikelnr.: 39704740

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Williams, Jr., is Professor of Law and American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. A member of the Lumbee Indian tribe of North Carolina, he is author of the award-winning The American Indian in Western LegalThought (1990).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Paradigms for Behavior1. National Mythologies and American
Indians2. Treaties as Sacred Texts3. Treaties as Connections4. Treaties as
Stories5. Treaties as ConstitutionsConclusion: Understanding American
Indian Treaty Visions of Law and PeaceNotesIndex