Leveraging an empire : settler colonialism and the legalities of citizenship in the Pacific Northwest /
Leveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon through an evaluation of Oregon's exclusionary laws between the years 1841 and 1859.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln [Nebraska] :
University of Nebraska Press
[2021]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1sjwpdf |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A colonial outpost
- Oregon and the making of a settler colony in the Pacific Northwest
- The dispossession of American Indians and the right to exist
- Understanding immigration restrictions through arguments of slavery and labor
- Incorporated definitions of land ownership
- The privileged right to an education
- Implications of citizenship in suffrage and naturalization laws
- Conclusion: Defiant subjects and their legacies.