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Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad Volume 52

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Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad Volume 52 - Karuka, Manu
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"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explicates the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of ...

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Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad Volume 52 2019, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520296640

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Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad Volume 52 2019, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520296626

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