Black Montana
Settler Colonialism and the Erosion of the Racial Frontier, 1877–1930
By Anthony W. Wood | Publisher: Nebraska
About the book
2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize Finalist
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, many African Americans moved westward as Greater Reconstruction came to a close. Though, along with Euro-Americans, Black settlers appropriated the land of Native Americans, sometimes even contributing to ongoing violence against Indigenous people, this migration often defied the goals of settler states in the American West.
In Black Montana Anthony W. Wood explores the entanglements of race, settler colonialism, and the emergence of state and regional identity in the American West during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By producing conditions of social, cultural, and economic precarity that undermined Black Montanans’ networks of kinship, community, and financial security, the state of Montana, in its capacity as a settler colony, worked to exclude the Black community that began to form inside its borders after Reconstruction.
Black Montana depicts the history of Montana’s Black community from 1877 until the 1930s, a period in western American history that represents a significant moment and unique geography in the life of the U.S. settler-colonial project.
Editions of Black Montana
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781496219435
- EBook
- ISBN 9781496227713
- EBook
- ISBN 9781496227720
- EBook
- ISBN 9781496227737
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2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize Finalist
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, many African Americans moved westward as Greater Reconstruction came to a close. Though, along with Euro-Americans, Black settlers appropriated the land of Native Americans, sometimes even contributing to ongoing violence against Indigenous people, this migration often defied the goals of settler states in the American West.
In Black Montana Anthony W. Wood explores the entanglements of race, settler colonialism, and the emergence of state and regional identity in the American West during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By producing conditions of social, cultural, and economic precarity that undermined Black Montanans’ networks of kinship, community, and financial security, the state of Montana, in its capacity as a settler colony, worked to exclude the Black community that began to form inside its borders after Reconstruction.
Black Montana depicts the history of Montana’s Black community from 1877 until the 1930s, a period in western American history that represents a significant moment and unique geography in the life of the U.S. settler-colonial project.
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2022 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize Finalist
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, many African Americans moved westward as Greater Reconstruction came to a close. Though, along with Euro-Americans, Black settlers appropriated the land of Native Americans, sometimes even contributing to ongoing violence against Indigenous people, this migration often defied the goals of settler states in the American West.
In Black Montana Anthony W. Wood explores the entanglements of race, settler colonialism, and the emergence of state and regional identity in the American West during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By producing conditions of social, cultural, and economic precarity that undermined Black Montanans’ networks of kinship, community, and financial security, the state of Montana, in its capacity as a settler colony, worked to exclude the Black community that began to form inside its borders after Reconstruction.
Black Montana depicts the history of Montana’s Black community from 1877 until the 1930s, a period in western American history that represents a significant moment and unique geography in the life of the U.S. settler-colonial project.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Black Montana?
History and Archaeology > History > History: specific events and topics > Social and cultural history
Where can I read a sample of Black Montana?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Black Montana?
Anthony W. Wood
Who is the Publisher of the book Black Montana?
Nebraska
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Black Montana is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781496219435) and ebook(ISBN 9781496227713) and ebook(ISBN 9781496227720) and ebook(ISBN 9781496227737)
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