Murder State: California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873 by Brendan C. Lin

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Euro-American citizenry of California carried out mass genocide against the Native population of their state, using the processes and mechanisms of democracy to secure land and resources for themselves and their private interests. Murder State is a comprehensive examination of these events and their early legacy.

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"[Murder State is] one of the most important works ever published on the history of American Indians in California in the mid-nineteenth century."-Steven Newcomb, Indian CountryIn the second half of the nineteenth century, the Euro-American citizenry of California carried out mass genocide against the Native population of their state, using the processes and mechanisms of democracy to secure land and resources for themselves and their private interests. The murder, rape, and enslavement of thousands of Native people were legitimized by notions of democracy-in this case mob rule-through a discreetly organized and brutally effective series of petitions, referenda, town hall meetings, and votes at every level of California government.Murder State is a comprehensive examination of these events and their early legacy. Preconceptions about Native Americans as shaped by the popular press and by immigrants' experiences on the Overland Trail to California were used to further justify the elimination of Native people in the newcomers' quest for land. The allegedly "violent nature" of Native people was often merely their reaction to the atrocities committed against them as they were driven from their ancestral lands and alienated from their traditional resources. 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.

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Calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide

Author Biography

Brendan C. Lindsay is an assistant professor of history at California State University, Sacramento.

Table of Contents

List of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Defining GenocidePart 1. Imagining GenocideIntroduction1. The Core Values of Genocide2. Emigrant Guides3. The Overland Trail ExperiencePart 2. Perpetrating GenocideIntroduction4. The Economics of Genocide in Southern California5. Democratic Death Squads of Northern CaliforniaPart 3. Supporting GenocideIntroduction6. The Murder State7. Federal Bystanders to and Agents of Genocide8. Advertising GenocideConclusion: At a Crossroads in the GenocideEpilogue: Forgetting and Remembering GenocideNotesBibliographyIndex

Review

"Democracy and genocide are two activities that most would declare antagonistic. Yet Brendan Lindsay presents primary evidence that reveals the hatred and murderous acts committed by early Californians and government officials, as a grassroots movement, to settle the Golden States by exterminating and dispossessing Native peoples of their ancestral homelands". Jack Norton, Hupa historian and emeritus professor of Native American studies, Humboldt State University. "Historian Brendan Lindsay has documented the attempted extermination of California's first people and provided a detailed, comprehensive historical treatment of California's genocide. He offers a groundbreaking study that will change the historiography of California and genocide studies, a penetrating but readable book that will quickly become a classic". Larry Myers (Pomo), Executive Secretary of the California Native American Heritage Commission.

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Calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide

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"Perhaps the most provocative aspect of his book is Lindsay's connection of American democracy to the killing of Indians."-Robert G. Lee, American Historical Review

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Details ISBN080322480X Author Brendan C. Lindsay Short Title MURDER STATE Publisher University of Nebraska Press Language English ISBN-10 080322480X ISBN-13 9780803224803 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 979.404 Year 2012 Imprint University of Nebraska Press Subtitle California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873 Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2012-06-01 Publication Date 2012-06-01 AU Release Date 2012-06-01 NZ Release Date 2012-06-01 US Release Date 2012-06-01 Illustrations 2 tables Pages 456 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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