Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre
| AUTHOR | Richardson, Heather Cox |
| PUBLISHER | Basic Books (11/08/2011) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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"The story is tragic, the scholarship exhilarating" (Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains) in this history of the massacre of the Lakota Sioux On December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sioux. As acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson shows in Wounded Knee, the massacre grew out of a set of political forces all too familiar to us today: fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media. Richardson tells a dramatically new story about the Wounded Knee massacre, revealing that its origins lay not in the West but in the corridors of political power back East. Politicians in Washington, Democrat and Republican alike, sought to set the stage for mass murder by exploiting an age-old political tool -- fear. Assiduously researched and beautifully written, Wounded Knee will be the definitive account of an epochal American tragedy.
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ISBN-13:
9780465025114
ISBN-10:
0465025110
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
392
Carton Quantity:
16
Product Dimensions:
5.80 x 1.10 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
0.95 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Maps,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
History | Indigenous - General
History | Military - United States
History | United States - 19th Century
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
973.86
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"The story is tragic, the scholarship exhilarating" (Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains) in this history of the massacre of the Lakota Sioux On December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sioux. As acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson shows in Wounded Knee, the massacre grew out of a set of political forces all too familiar to us today: fierce partisanship, heated political rhetoric, and an irresponsible, profit-driven media. Richardson tells a dramatically new story about the Wounded Knee massacre, revealing that its origins lay not in the West but in the corridors of political power back East. Politicians in Washington, Democrat and Republican alike, sought to set the stage for mass murder by exploiting an age-old political tool -- fear. Assiduously researched and beautifully written, Wounded Knee will be the definitive account of an epochal American tragedy.
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Author:
Richardson, Heather Cox
Heather Cox Richardson is Associate Professor of American History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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