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Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history

Title
Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history / Gary Clayton Anderson.
Author
Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948-
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]

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Description
xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
  • "A detailed analysis of the origins, events, and aftermath of the Minnesota-Dakota War of 1862"--
  • "Ultimately, what emerges most clearly from Anderson's account is the outsize suffering of innocents on both sides of the Dakota War-and, identified unequivocally for the first time, the role of white duplicity in bringing about this unprecedented and needless calamity. "--
Subject
  • Dakota War (Minnesota : 1862)
  • 1862
  • Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862
  • Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862 > Causes
  • Dakota Indians > Minnesota > Government relations
  • HISTORY / Native American
  • HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
  • Dakota Indians > Government relations
  • War > Causes
  • Minnesota
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Dakota Homeland -- 2. The American Invasion -- 3. Removal and the First Indian Massacre -- 4. Chaos, Confusion, and War -- 5. The Massacre -- 6. Fright and Flight on the Minnesota Frontier -- 7. The Road to Retribution -- 8. Captives and the "Fate Worse Than Death" -- 9. Capture and Trials -- 10. The Executions -- 11. Deportation and Rebirth.
Call Number
JFE 20-297
ISBN
  • 9780806164342
  • 0806164344
LCCN
  • 2019007398
  • 40029555852
OCLC
1101657261
Author
Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948- author.
Title
Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history / Gary Clayton Anderson.
Publisher
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1862
Other Standard Identifier
40029555852
Research Call Number
JFE 20-297
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