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We Are the Land : A History of Native California by William J. Bauer, Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr. (2021, Hardcover)
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Details: Discover the rich history of Native California with 'We Are the Land.'. This compelling book delves into the lives and legacies of California's indigenous peoples. It's an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the complex history of the region.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520280490
ISBN-139780520280496
eBay Product ID (ePID)17050071482
Product Key Features
Book TitleWe Are the Land : a History of Native California
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, United States / General, Native American
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorWilliam J. Bauer, Damon B. Akins, William J. Bauer Jr.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2020-029628
ReviewsAkins and Bauer have written a classic. . . . A relocation of the region's indigenous peoples from a history based on their erasure to a history based on their preeminence., We Are the Land is an excellent book. . . . a history of California's Indigenous people in action, shaping places that, in turn, shape them. They made this history., We Are the Land foregrounds Indigeneity in California -- a state in which genocidal narratives operate to complete the work of actual genocide in effectively scrubbing any Native American presence from the story of California. The book offers a resounding refusal of this erasure, instead offering a comprehensive history of Native California that encompasses past and present to underscore the continual presence and centrality of Indigenous peoples throughout settler colonization, missionization, statehood, and the present., In what seems an overdue departure from standard histories, Akins and Bauer's comprehensive account places indigenous people at the heart of California's story., This richly sourced work. . . . is a refreshing read, offering a much-needed perspective of California history., The stories Atkins and Bauer gather in this survey are about the Natives themselves, offering a compassionate reading of a people who have, even in some of the best revisionist studies, remained the 'other' on the periphery. The details and voices of California Indians' lives that the authors amplify from oral histories, primary documents, and secondary sources draw out the drama and recast the history of the 31st state from the perspectives of its First Peoples., A Native American rejoinder to Richard White and Jesse Amble White's California Exposures. . . . [And] a welcome contribution to Native studies and the rich literature of California's first peoples. , It will be very good to keep this book close at hand and to insist that our students do the same. It is timely, it is a significant accomplishment, and it is welcome., Combines lyrical storytelling with academic narration to foreground Indigenous oral stories. . . . The book's well-researched micro-histories coalesce to create a necessary rewriting of Californian history., Damon Akins and William Bauer unveil a fascinating narrative about California Indians that breaks free from conventional boundaries of time and space. . . . Anyone interested in the history of Indigenous peoples will wish to read and enjoy it.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal979.004/97
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Openings 1. A People of the Land, a Land for the People Native Spaces: Yuma 2. Beach Encounters: Indigenous People and the Age of Exploration, 1540-1769 Native Spaces: San Diego 3. "Our Country before the Fernandino Arrived Was a Forest": Native Towns and Spanish Missions in Colonial California, 1769-1810 Native Spaces: Rome 4. Working the Land: Entrepreneurial Indians and the Markets of Power, 1811-1849 Native Spaces: Sacramento 5. "The White Man Would Spoil Everything": Indigenous People and the California Gold Rush, 1846-1873 Native Spaces: Ukiah 6. Working for Land: Rancherias, Reservations, and Labor, 1870-1904 Native Spaces: Ishi Wilderness 7. Friends and Enemies: Reframing Progress, and Fighting for Sovereignty, 1905-1928 Native Spaces: Riverside 8. Becoming the Indians of California: Reorganization and Justice, 1928-1954 Native Spaces: Los Angeles 9. Reoccupying California: Resistance and Reclaiming the Land, 1953-1985 Native Spaces: Berkeley and the East Bay 10. Returning to the Land: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and Revitalization since 1985 Conclusion: Returns Index
Synopsis"A Native American rejoinder to Richard White and Jesse Amble White 's California Exposures . "-- Kirkus Reviews Rewriting the history of California as Indigenous. Before there was such a thing as "California," there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make California. Rather, the lives and legacies of the people native to the land shaped the creation of California. We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive text of its kind, centering the long history of California around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it. Beginning with the ethnogenesis of California Indians, We Are the Land recounts the centrality of the Native presence from before European colonization through statehood--paying particularly close attention to the persistence and activism of California Indians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The book deftly contextualizes the first encounters with Europeans, Spanish missions, Mexican secularization, the devastation of the Gold Rush and statehood, genocide, efforts to reclaim land, and the organization and activism for sovereignty that built today's casino economy. A text designed to fill the glaring need for an accessible overview of California Indian history, We Are the Land will be a core resource in a variety of classroom settings, as well as for casual readers and policymakers interested in a history that centers the native experience., "A Native American rejoinder to Richard White and Jesse Amble White's California Exposures. "-- Kirkus Reviews Rewriting the history of California as Indigenous. Before there was such a thing as "California," there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make California. Rather, the lives and legacies of the people native to the land shaped the creation of California. We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive text of its kind, centering the long history of California around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it. Beginning with the ethnogenesis of California Indians, We Are the Land recounts the centrality of the Native presence from before European colonization through statehood--paying particularly close attention to the persistence and activism of California Indians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The book deftly contextualizes the first encounters with Europeans, Spanish missions, Mexican secularization, the devastation of the Gold Rush and statehood, genocide, efforts to reclaim land, and the organization and activism for sovereignty that built today's casino economy. A text designed to fill the glaring need for an accessible overview of California Indian history, We Are the Land will be a core resource in a variety of classroom settings, as well as for casual readers and policymakers interested in a history that centers the native experience.
LC Classification NumberE78.C15A487 2021
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Important and timely book!
This text is a rare slice of California history from the native perspective.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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