Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West

Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West

American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region kn…

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