Murder state
Subtitle: California's native American genocide, 1846-1873
By: Brendan C. Lindsay
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780803224803
Subjects: Race relations; Genocide; Government relations; Indians of North America; Crimes against; History
Description: 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. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.