Description
Book SynopsisLeveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon via its exclusionary laws in the years 1841 to 1859.
Trade Review“This is one of the first works of historical scholarship to explicitly take up the question of settler colonialism in the Pacific Northwest. By bringing together race and gender Jacki Hedlund Tyler offers an intersectional analysis that is also a useful contribution to the region’s scholarship. Scholars working on the American West more generally will also appreciate her argument about the influence Oregon had on the rest of the country.”—Coll Thrush, author of
Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over PlaceTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface: Daffodils
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Colonial Outpost
1. Oregon and the Making of a Settler Colony in the Pacific Northwest
2. The Dispossession of American Indians and the Right to Exist
3. Understanding Immigration Restrictions through Arguments of Slavery and Labor
4. Incorporated Definitions of Land Ownership
5. The Privileged Right to an Education
6. Implications of Citizenship in Suffrage and Naturalization Laws
Conclusion: Defiant Subjects and Their Legacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
