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Massacre in Minnesota : the Dakota War of 1862, the most violent ethnic conflict in American history / Gary Clayton Anderson.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780806164342
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7 23
LOC classification:
  • E99.D1 A49 2019
Other classification:
  • HIS028000 | HIS036050
Contents:
1. The Dakota Homeland -- 2. The American Invasion -- 3. Removal and the First Indian Massacre -- 4. Chaos, Confusion, and War -- 5. The Massacre -- 6. Fright and Flight on the Minnesota Frontier -- 7. The Road to Retribution -- 8. Captives and the "Fate Worse Than Death" -- 9. Capture and Trials -- 10. The Executions -- 11. Deportation and Rebirth.
Summary: "A detailed analysis of the origins, events, and aftermath of the Minnesota-Dakota War of 1862"--Summary: "Ultimately, what emerges most clearly from Anderson's account is the outsize suffering of innocents on both sides of the Dakota War-and, identified unequivocally for the first time, the role of white duplicity in bringing about this unprecedented and needless calamity. "--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index.

1. The Dakota Homeland -- 2. The American Invasion -- 3. Removal and the First Indian Massacre -- 4. Chaos, Confusion, and War -- 5. The Massacre -- 6. Fright and Flight on the Minnesota Frontier -- 7. The Road to Retribution -- 8. Captives and the "Fate Worse Than Death" -- 9. Capture and Trials -- 10. The Executions -- 11. Deportation and Rebirth.

"A detailed analysis of the origins, events, and aftermath of the Minnesota-Dakota War of 1862"--

"Ultimately, what emerges most clearly from Anderson's account is the outsize suffering of innocents on both sides of the Dakota War-and, identified unequivocally for the first time, the role of white duplicity in bringing about this unprecedented and needless calamity. "--

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