The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears

Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green, Colin G. Calloway

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Penguin USA
24 June 2008

History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Indigenous peoples

In the early nineteenth century, the U.S. government shifted its policy from trying to assimilate American Indians to relocating them, and proceeded to forcibly drive seventeen thousand Cherokees from their homelands. This journey of exile became known as the Trail of Tears.

Historians Perdue and Green reveal the government's betrayals and the divisions within the Cherokee Nation, follow the exiles along the Trail of Tears, and chronicle the hardships found in the West. In its trauma and tragedy, the Cherokee diaspora has come to represent the irreparable injustice done to Native Americans in the name of nation building-and in their determined survival, it represents the resilience of the Native American spirit.

By: Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green
Edited by: Colin G. Calloway
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 164g
ISBN: 9780143113676
ISBN 10: 0143113674
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 24 June 2008
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Theda Perdue is the professor emerita within the history department at University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill. Her works include Cherokee Women- Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 and The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears. A recipient of several fellowships and grants, including those from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Newberry Library, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, Perdue received her MA and PhD from University of Georgia. Michael Greenis a London-based writer who previously taught economics at Warsaw University and was a senior official in the British government. He is the coauthor (with Matthew Bishop) of Philanthrocapitalism. Colin Callowayis a British Americanhistorian.He is the John Kimball, Jr. 1943 Professor of History and a professor of Native American Studies atDartmouth College.

Reviews for The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears

a With a rich sense of Cherokee culture and history . . . the authors . . . recount a human story, not only tragic but also unbelievably heroic.a<br>a Los Angeles Times