Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-240) and index.
Contents:
Dispossessing : land and past -- Squaring the circles, filling the squares -- Settlers and transients -- Civil wars and silences -- Gilding the past -- Passersby, rich and penniless -- Reconstruction and race.
Summary:
"This detailed yet comprehensive historiography charts the ways that local historians in Jackson County, Illinois, marginalized and silenced Native American, African American, and working-class experiences--especially the violence toward Indian and black actors--in favor of a history centered on white privilege and progress"-- Provided by publisher.
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