The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears (Penguin Library of American Indian History) - Softcover

Perdue, Theda; Green, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143113674 ISBN 13: 9780143113676

Publisher: Penguin USA, 2008

Synopsis

Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears In the 1830s, the U.S. government proceeded to drive the Cherokee people west of the Mississippi. Recounting this moment in American history, the authors consider its impact on the Cherokee, on U.S.-Indian relations, and on contemporary society. Full description

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Review:

" With a rich sense of Cherokee culture and history . . . the authors . . . recount a human story, not only tragic but also unbelievably heroic."--Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Theda Perdue is the professor emerita within the history department at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her works include Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 and The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears. A recipient of several fellowships and grants, including those from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Newberry Library, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, Perdue received her MA and PhD from University of Georgia.

Michael Green is a London-based writer who previously taught economics at Warsaw University and was a senior official in the British government. He is the coauthor (with Matthew Bishop) of Philanthrocapitalism.

Colin Calloway is a British American historian. He is the John Kimball, Jr. 1943 Professor of History and a professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin USA
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143113674
• ISBN 13: 9780143113676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208