Trail of Tears

by Julia Coates

Overview

This book covers a critical event in U.S. history: the period of Indian removal and resistance from 1817 to 1839, documenting the Cherokee experience as well as Jacksonian policy and Native-U.S. relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313384493
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/22/2014
Series:	Landmarks of the American Mosaic Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	235
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Julia Coates, PhD, is senior writer and oral history interviewer in American Indian studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Coates is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and serves on its Tribal Council.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword vii

Preface ix

Introduction xi

Chronology xv

1 A World Unbalanced 1

2 The Federal-Tribal Dance 19

3 Building the Nation 41

4 Rhetoric and Strategies of Resistance 63

5 Betrayal and Division 85

6 The Trail Where We Cried 107

7 Resurrections of a Nation 131

Biographical Profiles of Key Figures 147

Primary Documents 161

Glossary 205

Annotated Bibliography 213

Index 227