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Imposing Order Without Law
American Expansion to the Eastern Sierra, 1850-1865
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Artikel-Nr:
9781647790738
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
06.12.2022
Seiten:
172
Autor:
Michael J Makley
Gewicht:
363 g
Format:
226x150x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Michael J. Makley is the author of eight books on western history, including A Short History of Lake Tahoe; Saving Lake Tahoe: An Environmental History of a National Treasure; and Cave Rock: Climbers, Courts, and a Washoe Indian Sacred Place, which he coauthored with his son, Matthew S. Makley.
"Imposing Order Without Law examines the history surrounding nineteenth century American settlers in two remote regions-the slopes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Honey Lake Valley-who used extralegal means to establish order in their communities. The book reveals the use and effects of group violence used to enforce community edicts which transformed the Native People's world into colonial outposts"