The birth of liberalism on the prairie, or how not to govern too much -- Discipline and governmentality: civilizing Indians and making farmers progressive -- New Deal practices: how not to govern too little -- Making New Deal subjects -- Planning who shall die so others may live: biopower and Cold War national security -- Voting rights, or how a regulatory assemblage governs -- Conclusion: when stories about the countryside have power.
Summary:
"The Rosebud Country, comprising four counties in rural South Dakota, was first established as the Rosebud Indian Reservation in 1889 to settle the Sicangu Lakota. Power and Progress on the Prairie traces how a variety of governmental actors, including public officials, bureaucrats, and experts in civil society, invented and applied ideas about modernity and progress to the people and the land."--Provided by publisher.
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