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Cherokee Power

Imperial and Indigenous Geopolitics in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1670–1774

By: Kristofer Ray

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Cherokee Power

Imperial and Indigenous Geopolitics in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1670–1774

By: Kristofer Ray

In 1754 South Carolina governor James Glen observed that the Tennessee River “has its rise in the Cherokee Nation and runs a great way through it.” While noting the “prodigious” extent of the corridor connecting the Tennessee, Ohio, and Wabash River valleys—and the Cherokees’ “undoubted” ownership of this watershed—Glen and other European observers were much less clear about the ambitions and claims of European empires and other Indigenous polities regarding the North American interior. In Cherokee Power, Kristofer Ray brings long-overdue clarity to this question by highlighting the role of the Overhill Cherokees in shaping imperial and Indigenous geopolitics in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America. As Great Britain and France eyed the Illinois country and the Tennessee, Ohio, and Wabash River valleys for their respective empires, the Overhill Cherokees were coalescing and maintaining a conspicuous presence throughout the territory. Contrary to the traditional narrative of westward expansion, the Europeans were not the drivers behind the ensuing contest over the Tennessee corridor. The Overhills traded, negotiated, and fought with other Indigenous peoples along this corridor, in the process setting parameters for European expansion. Through the eighteenth century, the British and French struggled to overcome a dissonance between their visions of empire and the reality of Overhill mobility and sovereignty—a struggle that came to play a crucial role in the Anglo-American revolutionary debate that dominated the 1760s and 1770s. By emphasizing Indigenous agency in this rapidly changing world, Cherokee Power challenges long-standing ideas about the power and reach of European empires in eighteenth-century North America.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806193557

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9780806193557

Beyond the Huddled Masses

American Immigration and The Treaty of Versailles

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

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Beyond the Huddled Masses

American Immigration and The Treaty of Versailles

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

This work uncovers the human history underlying the state actions on immigration. It is a vivid and varied new look at some of the most shaping forces in American history and identity, and offers important new perspective on early twentieth century American-European relations. How did American isolationism after the Treaty of Versailles, accentuated by stringent immigration restrictions predominantly against Asians and Europeans, work to shape American identity? "Beyond the Huddled Masses" is a vivid look at the connection between the results of the Paris Peace Conference and the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924. Kristofer Allerfeldt identifies the threads of nativism, anti-Bolshevism, self-determination and fear that ran through America's participation in the Paris Peace Conference and then manifested themselves openly through the Immigration Acts. He taps into the early twentieth century American psyche to explore the rationalisation for the extreme policies of isolationism that so characterised the inter-war years in the United States.

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267

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857710885

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9780857710888

Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

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Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians? Why do they immortalize Al Capone while forgetting his more successful contemporaries George Remus or Roy Olmstead? Why are some public figures repudiated for their connections to the mob while others gain celebrity status? Drawing on historical accounts, the author analyzes the public's understanding of organized crime and questions some of our most deeply held assumptions about crime and its role in society.

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301

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McFarland

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147667065X

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9781476670652

Taoism and the Arts of China

By: Stephen Little,Shawn Eichman,Kristofer Shipper,Patricia Buckley Ebrey

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Taoism and the Arts of China

By: Stephen Little,Shawn Eichman,Kristofer Shipper,Patricia Buckley Ebrey

A celebration of Taoist art traces the influence of philosophy on the visual arts in China.

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Univ of California Press

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0520227859

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9780520227859

Cherokee Power

Imperial and Indigenous Geopolitics in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1670–1774

By: Kristofer Ray

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Imperial and Indigenous Geopolitics in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1670–1774

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Crime and the Rise of Modern America

A History from 1865–1941

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

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Crime and the Rise of Modern America

A History from 1865–1941

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

- Contents:The crimes of the century -- Crime and the West -- Hate crime -- Policing and imprisonment -- Conmen, swindlers, and dupes -- Business and financial crime -- Prohibitions -- Sex crime -- Political crime : scandal, sleaze and corruption -- Terrorists : rebels, radicals and freedom fighters and criminals with a cause -- Immigration and crime.

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Routledge

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1136821538

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Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction

Immigration in the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1924

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

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Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction

Immigration in the Pacific Northwest, 1890-1924

By: Kristofer Allerfeldt

In 1924 America passed legislation that effectively outlined which immigrants were to be considered beneficial to the national body and which were not. Albert Johnson, a Washington State Congressman, sponsored the Act. This study examines the role of the Pacific Northwest in the change of national sentiment that led up to this legislation. Throughout the period, this region experienced massive growth in its immigrant population. Its forests and small towns were the scenes of many clashes with the alien radicals, resulting in the creation of anti-Catholic legislation and the laws against land ownership by the Japanese. Analyzing issues of race, religion, and political radicalism, Allerfeldt determines that the region was highly influential in the national debate. Most immigration studies of this era focus on the East Coast or on California, but Allerfeldt finds that Northwestern politicians and populists, responding to regional events as much as national sentiments, often set the national immigration agenda. Diverse organizations such as the APA, the Ku Klux Klan, and the IWW gained powerful local support and had significant influence on the region's attitudes towards immigrants. Rather than following California's lead in the opposition to Asian immigration, the Northwest actually set the path for its southern neighbor in many important aspects.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313093032

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9780313093036

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Cherokee Power

Cherokee Power

Beyond the Huddled Masses

Beyond the Huddled Masses

Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941

Organized Crime in the United States, 1865-1941

Taoism and the Arts of China

Taoism and the Arts of China

Cherokee Power

Cherokee Power

Crime and the Rise of Modern America

Crime and the Rise of Modern America

Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction

Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction

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