Native America, discovered and conquered : Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny

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Label

Native America, discovered and conquered : Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny

Title remainder

Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny

Statement of responsibility

Robert J. Miller ; foreword by Elizabeth Furse ; with a new afterword by the author

Creator

• Miller, Robert J., (Professor of law)

Author

• Miller, Robert J., (Professor of law)

Subject

• Indianer
• Indians of North America -- Government relations
• Indians of North America -- Government relations
• Indiens d'Amérique -- États-Unis -- Relations avec l'État
• Jefferson, Thomas
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Et les Indiens d'Amérique
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with Indians
• Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
• Lewis-and-Clark-Expedition
• Manifest Destiny
• Discoveries in geography
• Race relations
• Relations with Indians
• Territorial expansion
• USA
• United States
• United States -- Discovery and exploration
• United States -- Race relations
• United States -- Territorial expansion
• États-Unis -- Découverte et exploration
• États-Unis -- Expansion territoriale
• États-Unis -- Relations raciales
• Manifest Destiny
• Expédition de Lewis et Clark, 1804-1806

Language

eng

Summary

Takes a fresh look at American history through the lens of the Doctrine of Discovery-- the legal basis that Europeans and Americans used to lay claim to the land of the indigenous peoples they "discovered". The author illustrates how the American colonies used the Doctrine of Discovery against the Indian nations from 1606 forward. Thomas Jefferson used the doctrine to exert American authority in the Louisiana Territory, to win the Pacific Northwest from European rivals, and to "conquer" the Indian nations. Mr. Miller also shows how Manifest Destiny grew directly out of the legal elements and policies of the Doctrine of Discovery and how Native peoples, whose rights stood in the way of this destiny, were "discovered" and then "conquered". His analysis of the principles of discovery brings a new perspective and valuable insights to the study of Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, the Louisiana Purchase, the Pacific Northwest, American expansionism, and U.S. Indian policy

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

323.1197

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E93

LC item number

.M582 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography