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How the West Was Drawn : Mapping, Indians, and the Construction of the Trans-Mississippi West.

Bernstein, David.

How the West Was Drawn : Mapping, Indians, and the Construction of the Trans-Mississippi West. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (323 pages) - Borderlands and Transcultural Studies . - Borderlands and Transcultural Studies .

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Constructing Indian Country -- 2. Sharitarish and the Possibility of Treaties -- 3. Nonparticipatory Mapping -- Part 2 -- 4. The Cultural Construction of "Indian Country" -- 5. Science and the Destruction of "Indian Country" -- Part 3 -- 6. The Metaphysics of Indian Naming -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

9781496207999


Indians of North America-Great Plains-Maps.
Cartography-Great Plains-History-19th century.
Names, Indian-Great Plains.
Great Plains-Maps.


Electronic books.

E98.C17 .B47 2018

978.004/97

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