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Empire's Tracks
Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad
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Manu Karuka
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
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Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.
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Karuka Manu :
Manu Karuka is Assistant Professor of American Studies at Barnard College.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List Of Illustrations
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Preface
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1. The Prose Of Countersovereignty
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2. Modes Of Relationship
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3. Railroad Colonialism
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4. Lakota
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5. Chinese
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6. Pawnee
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7. Cheyenne
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8. Shareholder Whiteness
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9. Continental Imperialism
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Epilogue: The Significance Of Decolonization In North America
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Acknowledgments
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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March 5, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780520969056
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320
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9780520969056
Keywords for this book
transcontinental railroad; cheyenne; lakota; pawnee native american tribes; chinese migrants; violent global histories; colonialism; capitalism; legislative; military; business records; imperial foundations; us political economy; indigenous; asian american histories; interdisciplinary study; military occupation; exclusionary border policies; us imperialism; america
