Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad (Volume 52) (American Crossroads)

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Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.


  • | Author: Karuka
  • | Publisher: University of California Press
  • | Publication Date: March 05, 2019
  • | Number of Pages: 320 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 0520296648
  • | ISBN-13: 9780520296640
Author:
Karuka
Publisher:
University of California Press
Publication Date:
March 05, 2019
Number of pages:
320 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0520296648
ISBN-13:
9780520296640