Bibliograph

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green

Type

Label

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

74987776

Responsibility statement

Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green

Series statement

The Penguin library of American Indian history

Summary

Documents the 1830s policy shift of the U.S. government through which it discontinued efforts to assimilate Native Americans in favor of forcibly relocating them west of the Mississippi, and traces the decision's specific effect on the Cherokee Nation

Table Of Contents

The land and the people -- "Civilizing" the Cherokees -- Indian removal policy -- Resisting removal -- The Treaty of New Echota -- The Trail of Tears -- Rebuilding in the West

Classification