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Leveraging an Empire : Settler Colonialism and the Legalities of Citizenship in the Pacific Northwest
Title
Leveraging an Empire : Settler Colonialism and the Legalities of Citizenship in the Pacific Northwest / Jacki Hedlund Tyler, University of Nebraska Press.
ISBN
9781496227669
9781496219046
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (468 pages).
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Summary
"Leveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon through an evaluation of Oregon's exclusionary laws between the years 1841 and 1859"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
Introduction : a colonial outpost
Oregon and the making of a settler colony in the Pacific Northwest
The dispossession of American Indians and the right to exist
Understanding immigration restrictions through arguments of slavery and labor
Incorporated definitions of land ownership
The privileged right to an education
Implications of citizenship in suffrage and naturalization laws
Conclusion : defiant subjects and their legacies.
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History.
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