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Analyzes the spatial and ecological repercussions of dispossession. This title contains maps that give the spatial context of dispossession, showing how Indian societies were restricted to ever smaller territories where American policies of social control were applied with increasing intensity.

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"An even-handed, elegantly presented and thoroughly researched example of the sort of work historical geographers need to be doing."—Journal of Historical Geography
"A valuable and meticulous study."—London Times Literary Supplement
"No serious student of Indian history or Indian-white history can overlook this singular book, a readable, thoroughly documented history of the Indians of Nebraska—Pawnee, Otoe, Missouria, Ponca, and Omaha. . . . David Wishart has given readers what I regard as one of the best histories of the American Indians ever written. . . I find Wishart’s work exceptionally meritorious in the field."—Wilbur R. Jacobs, Journal of American History
"A well-written and authoritative work." —Francis Paul Prucha, Great Plains Quarterly

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/1997
      ISBN13: 9780803297951, 978-0803297951
      ISBN10: 0803297955
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes the spatial and ecological repercussions of dispossession. This title contains maps that give the spatial context of dispossession, showing how Indian societies were restricted to ever smaller territories where American policies of social control were applied with increasing intensity.

      Trade Review
      "An even-handed, elegantly presented and thoroughly researched example of the sort of work historical geographers need to be doing."—Journal of Historical Geography
      "A valuable and meticulous study."—London Times Literary Supplement
      "No serious student of Indian history or Indian-white history can overlook this singular book, a readable, thoroughly documented history of the Indians of Nebraska—Pawnee, Otoe, Missouria, Ponca, and Omaha. . . . David Wishart has given readers what I regard as one of the best histories of the American Indians ever written. . . I find Wishart’s work exceptionally meritorious in the field."—Wilbur R. Jacobs, Journal of American History
      "A well-written and authoritative work." —Francis Paul Prucha, Great Plains Quarterly

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