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This book sheds new light on the conquest of California and on US history. At a local level, it provides the first rigorously documented chronological account of the extent, mechanics, and systematic nature of genocide in California. It explains how federal decision makers often appeared to abdicate responsibility to state officials but in fact provided legislative, military, and financial support that made this genocide possible. These pages also narrate how--particularly during the Civil War--the US Army waged genocidal campaigns against California Indians. Major new findings that change our understanding of the catastrophe include the central roles played by state and federal governments, the bureaucratic nature of the killing machine, the major role played by the US Army, the fact that non-Indians killed many more California Indians (at least 9,492–16,094) than had previously been estimated (4,556), and the fact that genocide was inflicted upon more California Indian peoples than existing studies have suggested.

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Indians of north america, history, Indians of north america, west (u.s.), Genocide, Indians of North America, History, New York Times reviewed

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California

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19th century
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.
List of Abbreviations.
Introduction.
1. California Indians before 1846
2. Prelude to Genocide: March 1846–March 1848
3. Gold, Immigrants, and Killers from Oregon: March 1848–May 1850
4. Turning Point: The Killing Campaigns of December 1849–May 1850
5. Legislating Exclusion and Vulnerability: 1846–1853
6. Rise of the Killing Machine: Militias and Vigilantes, April 1850–December 1854
7. Perfecting the Killing Machine: December 1854–March 1861
8. The Civil War in California and Its Aftermath: March 1861–1871
9. Conclusion
Appendixes.
Appendix 1. Reports of Nonspecific Numbers of California Indians Killed, 1846–1873
Appendix 2. Reports of Fewer Than Five California Indians Killed, 1846–1873
Appendix 3. Reports of Five or More California Indians Killed, 1846–1873
Appendix 4. Reports of Non-Indians Killed by California Indians, 1846–1873
Appendix 5. Selected Massacres with Contested Death Tolls, 1846–1866
Appendix 6. Major Volunteer California State Militia Expeditions, 1850–1861
Appendix 7. Reports of California Indians Killed by US Army Soldiers and Their Auxiliaries, 1846–1873
Appendix 8. The United Nations Genocide Convention
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

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OL26200218M
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9780300182170
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2015955528

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OL17596857W

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Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. Ultimately, the state and federal governments spent at least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials' culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book.

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