Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-372) and index.
Contents:
Oregon and the making of a settler colony in the Pacific Northwest -- The dispossession of American Indians and the right to exist -- Understanding immigration restrictions through arguments of slavery and labor -- Incorporated definitions of land ownership -- The privileged right to an education -- Implications of citizenship in suffrage and naturalization laws.
Summary:
"Leveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon through an evaluation of Oregon's exclusionary laws between the years 1841 and 1859"-- Provided by publisher.
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