Empire's Tracks : Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad
by
Manu Karuka
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
American Crossroads
ISBN-10
0520296621
ISBN-13
9780520296626
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 5th, 2019
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
590 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Ksh 14,400.00
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Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, 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 explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.
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