Expansion and American Indian Policy, 1783-1812

[1992]: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1967. paperback edition, second printing. Small octavo with, ix, 209 pages; 21 cm Fine condition with very faint sun fading to spin, otherwise as new. Paperback. ISBN: 9780806124223, 0806124229

Studies the origins of American Indian policy, exploring the feuding between the national government and the states over who would formulate and execute Indian policy, and the contrast between the humanitarian instincts motivating policy-makers and the injustice Indians experienced on the frontier.Contents: I. Establishing a Policy, 1783-1784. II. The Policy in Practice, 1784-1786. III. A New Start, 1786-1789. IV. The Aims of the New Government. V. The South, 1789-1799. VI. The Old Northwest, 1789-1795. VII. The Ambivalence of Thomas Jefferson. VIII. The South, 1799-1809. IX. The Old Northwest, 1795-1809. X. The Coming of War. Notes: Originally published: East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1967.