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100 1  Madley, Benjamin,|eauthor. 
245 13 An American genocide :|bthe United States and the 
       California Indian catastrophe, 1846-1873 /|cBenjamin 
       Madley. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2016] 
300    xv, 692 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    cartographic image|bcri|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  The Lamar series in Western history 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-666) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction -- California Indians before 1846 -- Prelude 
       to genocide : March 1846-March 1848 -- Gold, immigrants, 
       and killers from Oregon : March 1848-May 1850 -- Turning 
       point : the killing campaigns of December 1849-May 1850 --
       Legislating exclusion and vulnerability : 1846-1853 -- 
       Rise of the killing machine : militias and vigilantes, 
       April 1850-December 1854 -- Perfecting the killing machine
       : December 1854-March 1861 -- The Civil War in California 
       and its aftermath : March 1861-1871 -- Conclusion. 
520 8  Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population 
       plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is
       the first historian to uncover the full extent of the 
       slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials,
       the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, 
       indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the 
       killings ended. This deeply researched book is a 
       comprehensive and chilling history of an American 
       genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and 
       precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold 
       Rush stirred vigilante violence against California 
       Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned 
       killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and 
       political support for genocide. Many participated: 
       vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers,
       U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. 
       Ultimately, the state and federal governments spent at 
       least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. 
       Besides evaluating government officials' culpability, 
       Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide 
       and how other possible genocides within and beyond the 
       Americas might be investigated using the methods presented
       in this groundbreaking book. 
648  7 1800-1899|2fast 
650  0 Genocide|zCalifornia|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  9 Indians of North America.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00969633 
650  9 Indians of North America|zCalifornia|xHistory|y19th 
       century. 
651  0 California|xHistory|y19th century. 
651  7 California.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204928 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
690  7 Indigenous peoples|zCalifornia|xHistory|y19th century.
       |2local DEI term 
830  0 Lamar series in western history. 
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