The American national state and the early West
By: William H. Bergmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781107015289
Subjects: Government policy; Government relations; Indians of North America; Territorial expansion; Economic policy; History
Notes: Expanded version of author's Ph.D. thesis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Property war; title: Martial economies; title: A bordered land; title: Webs of commerce; title: The national state in Indian country; title: Bureaucratic expansionism.