Facing west
Subtitle: the metaphysics of Indian-hating and empire-building
By: by Richard Drinnon.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Public opinion; Indians of North America -- Civil rights; Public opinion -- United States; Race discrimination -- United States; United States -- Territorial expansion; United States -- Race relations
Description: "American expansion, says Richard Drinnon, is characterized by repression and racism. In his reinterpretation of "winning" the West, Drinnon links racism with colonialism and traces this interrelationship from the Pequot War in New England, through American expansion westward to the Pacific, and beyond to the Philippines and Vietnam. He cites parallels between the slaughter of bison on the Great Plains and the defoliation of Vietnam and notes similarities in the language of aggression used in the American West, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-552) and index.
Originally published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1980.