Bücher von Roger L. Nichols

The so-called Indian wars of the nineteenth century devastated indigenous populations, and some of the conflicts stand out today as massacres. Although historians have written full-length studies about each of these episodes, Massacring Indians is the first to present them as part of a larger pattern of aggression.

Major Stephen H. Long of the United States Army was the most important government-sponsored explorer in the decade after the War of 1812. For years Long's expeditions have been overlooked or misunderstood. Here for the first time they are placed in the context of American scientific development.

?Thoughtfully conceived, intelligently edited, well (sometimes elegantly) written, this collection of 14 essays in the recent historiography of the frontier and the West attests to the vitality of American frontier history. Widely respected scholars contributed the essays. The subjects, which encompass the familiar definitions of the frontier fall into three general categories. These are: government and political matters; social questions; and aspects of economic development. ... Excellent chapter end-notes, index, sketches about contributors, in a well designed and handsomely printed collection. ... The volume as a whole makes an important contribution. For professionals in the field, major research libraries, and strong undergraduate collections.?-Choice