The Cherokee Nation And the Trail of Tears (Penguin Library of American Indian History) - Hardcover

Perdue, Theda; Green, Michael D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067003150X ISBN 13: 9780670031504

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Documents the 1830s policy shift of the U.S. government through which it discontinued efforts to assimilate Native Americans in favor of forcibly relocating them west of the Mississippi, in an account that traces the decision's specific effect on the Cherokee Nation, U.S.-Indian relations, and contemporary society.

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Review:

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

? 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"

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""

" 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, Ph.D. is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and recent winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her previous books include Cherokee Women and Sifters.
Michael D. Green, Ph.D. is a professor of history and American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Politics of Indian Removal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 067003150X
• ISBN 13: 9780670031504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189