After the Trail of Tears - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook After the Trail of Tears write by William G. McLoughlin. This book was released on 2014-07-01. After the Trail of Tears available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This powerful narrative traces the social, cultural, and political history of the Cherokee Nation during the forty-year period after its members were forcibly removed from the southern Appalachians and resettled in what is now Oklahoma. In this master work, completed just before his death, William McLoughlin not only explains how the Cherokees rebuilt their lives and society, but also recounts their fight to govern themselves as a separate nation within the borders of the United States. Long regarded by whites as one of the 'civilized' tribes, the Cherokees had their own constitution (modeled after that of the United States), elected officials, and legal system. Once re-settled, they attempted to reestablish these institutions and continued their long struggle for self-government under their own laws--an idea that met with bitter opposition from frontier politicians, settlers, ranchers, and business leaders. After an extremely divisive fight within their own nation during the Civil War, Cherokees faced internal political conflicts as well as the destructive impact of an influx of new settlers and the expansion of the railroad. McLoughlin brings the story up to 1880, when the nation's fight for the right to govern itself ended in defeat at the hands of Congress.
Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, & Indigenous Rights in the United States
Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, & Indigenous Rights in the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, & Indigenous Rights in the United States write by Amy E. Den Ouden. This book was released on 2013. Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, & Indigenous Rights in the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recognition, Sovereignty Struggles, and Indigenous Rights in the United States: A Sourcebook
American Indian Sovereignty
American Indian Sovereignty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Indian Sovereignty write by J. Mark Hazlett II. This book was released on 2020-08-07. American Indian Sovereignty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the arrival of European settlers, Native American cultural sovereignty has been under attack. Self-determination is a tribal right of Native people, but colonial oppression banned their traditions and religion, purloined and misused sacred sites, and betrayed treaties when convenient. Over time, the settlers usurped Native American culture and lands, and these destructive behaviors continue today. Within the decimated Native American culture left after forced assimilation, American Indians still struggle to retain their rights. In this historical account of the despotism against Native American culture, the altercations of sovereignty, territory, and pluralistic democracy are analyzed in an effort to provide a path towards justice.
Stalin and the Fate of Europe
Stalin and the Fate of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stalin and the Fate of Europe write by Norman M. Naimark. This book was released on 2019. Stalin and the Fate of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It can seem as though the Cold War division of Europe was inevitable. But Stalin was more open to a settlement on the continent than is assumed. In this powerful reassessment of the postwar order, Norman Naimark returns to the four years after WWII to illuminate European leaders' efforts to secure national sovereignty amid dominating powers.
Unrecognized States
Unrecognized States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unrecognized States write by Nina Caspersen. This book was released on 2013-04-26. Unrecognized States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Unrecognized states are places that do not exist in international politics; they are state-like entities that have achieved de facto independence, but have failed to gain widespread international recognition. Since the Cold-War, unrecognized states have been involved in conflicts over sovereign statehood in the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, South Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the South Pacific; some of which elicited major international crises and intervention, including the use of armed force. Yet they remain subject to many myths and simplifications. Drawing on a number of contemporary and historical cases, from Nagorno Karabakh and Somaliland to Taiwan, this timely new book provides a comprehensive analysis of unrecognized states. It examines their origins, the factors that enable them to survive and explores their likely future trajectories. But it is not just a book about unrecognized states; it is a book about sovereignty and statehood; one which does not shy way from addressing crucial issues such as how these anomalies survive in a system of sovereign states and how the context of non-recognition affects their attempts to build effective state-like entities. Ideal for students and scholars of global politics, peace and conflict studies, Unrecognized States offers a much needed and engaging account of the development of unrecognized states in the modern international system.
