Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad /
Karuka, Manu, 1977-
Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad / Manu Karuka. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : maps - American Crossroads .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The prose of countersovereignty -- Modes of relationship -- Railroad colonialism -- Lakota -- Chinese -- Pawnee -- Cheyenne -- Shareholder whiteness -- Continental imperialism -- Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America.
"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, 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 explicates 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"--Provided by publisher
9780520969056
2018040802
Railroads--History.--United States
Capitalism--United States--19th century.
Chinese--Economic conditions--United States--19th century.
Indians of North America--Economic conditions--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
HE2751 / .E475 2019
Empire's tracks : indigenous nations, Chinese workers, and the transcontinental railroad / Manu Karuka. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : maps - American Crossroads .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The prose of countersovereignty -- Modes of relationship -- Railroad colonialism -- Lakota -- Chinese -- Pawnee -- Cheyenne -- Shareholder whiteness -- Continental imperialism -- Epilogue : the significance of decolonization in North America.
"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, 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 explicates 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"--Provided by publisher
9780520969056
2018040802
Railroads--History.--United States
Capitalism--United States--19th century.
Chinese--Economic conditions--United States--19th century.
Indians of North America--Economic conditions--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
HE2751 / .E475 2019