Ebook: The transit of empire : indigenous critiques of colonialism
Author: Byrd Jodi A.
- Tags: Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History, Indians of North America -- Colonization -- United States, Imperialism -- Social aspects -- United States, Racism -- United States -- History, Political Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Imperialism -- Social aspects, Indians of North America -- Colonization, Indians of North America --
- Series: First peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- City: Minneapolis, United States.
- Language: English
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"In 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit of Empire, Jodi A. Byrd explores how indigeneity functions as transit, a trajectory of movement that serves as precedent within U.S. imperial history. Byrd argues that contemporary U.S. empire expands itself through a Read more...