{"product_id":"oregon-and-the-collapse-of-illahee-us-empire-and-the-transformation-of-an-indigenous-world-1792-1859-9780807871096","title":"Oregon and the Collapse of Illahee: U.S. Empire and the Transformation of an Indigenous World, 1792-1859","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern western Oregon was a crucial site of imperial competition in North America during the formative decades of the United States. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Gray Whaley examines relations among newcomers and between newcomers and Native peoples--focusing on political sovereignty, religion, trade, sexuality, and the land--from initial encounters to Oregon's statehood. He emphasizes Native perspectives, using the Chinook word \u003ci\u003eIllahee\u003c\/i\u003e (homeland) to refer to the indigenous world he examines. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhaley argues that the process of Oregon's founding is best understood as a contest between the British Empire and a nascent American one, with Oregon's Native people and their lands at the heart of the conflict. He identifies race, republicanism, liberal economics, and violence as the key ideological and practical components of American settler-colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative peoples faced capriciousness, demographic collapse, and attempted genocide, but they fought to preserve \u003ci\u003eIllahee\u003c\/i\u003e even as external forces caused the collapse of their world. Whaley's analysis compellingly challenges standard accounts of the quintessential antebellum \"Promised Land.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gray H. Whaley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807871096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhaley, Gray H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Gray Whaley is an assistant professor of history at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40163115466867,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a4add903-2bb4-4bdf-a36a-c38d7bc2c929.jpg?v=1655041732","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/oregon-and-the-collapse-of-illahee-us-empire-and-the-transformation-of-an-indigenous-world-1792-1859-9780807871096","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}