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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-100803287348
ISBN-139780803287341
eBay Product ID (ePID)231665
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Book TitleGreat Father : The United States Government and the American Indians (Unabridged Volumes 1 and 2 Combined)
Number of Pages1355 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicGeneral, Native American
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorFrancis Paul Prucha
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.9 in
Item Weight32.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN83-016837
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"This is Francis Paul Prucha's magnum opus. It is a great work. . . . This study will . . . [be] a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication."- American Indian Culture and Research Journal ., "The author's detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes The Great Father indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy."- Journal of American History, "This is Francis Paul Prucha's magnum opus. It is a great work. . . . This study will . . . [be a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication."- American Indian Culture and Research Journal, "This is Francis Paul Prucha''s magnum opus. It is a great work. . . . This study will . . . [be a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication."- American Indian Culture and Research Journal ., "The author's detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes The Great Father indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy."- Journal of American History ., "The author''s detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes The Great Father indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy."-Journal of American History., "This is Francis Paul Prucha's magnum opus. It is a great work. . . . This study will . . . [be] a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication."- American Indian Culture and Research Journal, "The author''s detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes The Great Father indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy."- Journal of American History ., "This is Francis Paul Prucha''s magnum opus. It is a great work. . . . This study will . . . [be] a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication."-American Indian Culture and Research Journal.
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes2 vols.
Volume NumberSet
Dewey Decimal323.1/197/073
Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition
SynopsisThis is Francis Paul Prucha's magnum opus. It is a great work... This study will... be a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication. - American Indian Culture and Research Journal. The author's detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes The Great Father indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy. - Journal of American History. Written in an engaging fashion, encompassing an extraordinary range of material, devoting attention to themes as well as to chronological narration, and presenting a wealth of bibliographical information, it is an essential text for all students and scholars of American Indian history and anthropology. - Oregon Historical Quarterly. A monumental endeavor, rigorously researched and carefully written... It will remain for decades as an indispensable reference tool and a compendium of knowledge pertaining to United States-Indian relations. - Western Historical Quarterly. Perhaps the crowning achievement of Prucha's scholarly career. be the point of departure for all those embarking on research projects in the history of government Indian policy. - William T. Hagan, New Mexico Historical Review. The appearance of this massive history of federal Indian policy is a triumph of historical research and scholarly publication. - Lawrence C. Kelly, Montana. This is the most important history ever published about the formulation of federal Indian policies in the United States. - Herbert T. Hoover, Minnesota History. This truly is the definitive work on the subject. - Ronald Rayman, Library Journal. The Great Father was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy. Francis Paul Prucha, S.J., a leading authority on American Indian policy and the author of more than a dozen other books, is an emeritus professor of history at Marquette University.
LC Classification NumberE93.P9654 1995
