Indian Affairs and the Administrative State in the Nineteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780521193634 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 376 str.

Stephen J. Rockwell

Opis

Stephen J. Rockwell analyzes the role of national administration in Indian affairs and other national policy areas related to westward expansion in the nineteenth century.

Recenzje

"In this highly effective and masterfully researched volume, Rockwell examines the relationship between US federal administrations of Indian affairs and general US policy making. Highly recommended." -Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The myth of open wilderness and the outlines of big government; 2. Managed expansion in the early republic; 3. Tippecanoe and treaties, too: executive leadership, organization, and effectiveness in the years of the factory system; 4. The key to success and the illusion of failure; 5. Big government Jacksonians; 6. Tragically effective: the administration of Indian removal; 7. Public administration, politics, and Indian removal: perpetuating the illusion of failure; 8. Clearing the Indian barrier: Indian affairs at the center of national expansion; 9. Containment and the weakening of Indian resistance: the effectiveness of reservation administration; 10. What's an administrator to do? Reservations and politics; 11. Conclusion: the myth of limited government.