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1 online resource (xi, 362 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"The framers of the Constitution and the generations that followed built a powerful and intrusive national administrative state in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The romantic myth of an individualized, pioneering expansion across an open West obscures nationally coordinated administrative and regulatory activity in Indian affairs, land policy, trade policy, infrastructure development, and a host of other issue areas related to expansion. Stephen J. Rockwell offers a careful look at the administration of Indian affairs and its relation to other national policies managing and shaping national expansion westward. Throughout the nineteenth century, Indian affairs were at the center of concerns about national politics, the national economy, and national social issues. Rockwell describes how a vibrant and complicated national administrative state operated from the earliest days of the republic, long before the Progressive era and the New Deal"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The myth of open wilderness and the outlines of big government -- Managed expansion in the early republic -- Tippecanoe and treaties, too : executive leadership, organization, and effectiveness in the years of the factory system -- The key to success and the illusion of failure -- Big government Jacksonians -- Tragically effective : the administration of Indian removal -- Public administration, politics, and Indian removal : perpetuating the illusion of failure -- Clearing the Indian barrier : Indian affairs at the center of national expansion -- Containment and the weakening of Indian resistance : the effectiveness of reservation administration -- What's an administrator to do? : reservations and politics -- Conclusion: The myth of limited government. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Indians of North America -- Government relations. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
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Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Federal government. |
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United States. |
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Administrative agencies -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Administrative agencies. |
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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Territorial expansion. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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Politics and government. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rockwell, Stephen J., 1966- Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521193634 (DLC) 2009042793 (OCoLC)459209979 |
| ISBN |
9780511750236 (electronic book) |
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0511750234 (electronic book) |
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0511743688 (electronic book) |
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9780511743689 (electronic book) |
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9780521193634 (hardback) |
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052119363X (hardback) |
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9780511744778 |
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0511744773 |
| Standard No. |
9786612630903 |
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