{"product_id":"killing-over-land-murder-and-diplomacy-on-the-early-american-frontier-hardback-9780806193625","title":"Killing Over Land; Murder and Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier (Hardback) 9780806193625","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKilling Over Land\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMurder and Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert M. Owens (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806193625\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Intercultural murders on the early American frontier permeate the historical literature as acts of racial hatred. But Robert M. Owens, having reconstructed and dissected one murder after another, shows that they happened for many reasons, often with far-reaching repercussions. \u003ci\u003eKilling over Land\u003c\/i\u003e also reveals that justice, when applied, came in different forms and had to be carefully negotiated.”—Colin G. Calloway, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eKilling over Land \u003c\/i\u003edelves into the murky, sanguinary ground between war and peace, and provides fresh insights on homicide as as an instrument of both Native agency and settler-colonial dispossession.”—John W. Hall, author of \u003ci\u003eUncommon Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With his clear and vigorous prose, Robert M. Owens draws his readers into the world of the early American frontier. Those interested in the history of American violence will find Owens’s book eye-opening, while students of Native American and frontier history will find \u003ci\u003eMurder in Indian Country\u003c\/i\u003e invaluable.”—David A. Nichols, author of \u003ci\u003ePeoples of the Inland Sea: Native Americans and Newcomers in the Great Lakes Region, 1600–1870\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn early America, interracial homicide—whites killing Native Americans, Native Americans killing whites—might result in a massive war on the frontier; or, if properly mediated, it might actually facilitate diplomatic relations, at least for a time. In \u003ci\u003eKilling over Land\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert M. Owens explores why and how such murders once played a key role in Indian affairs and how this role changed over time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though sometimes clearly committed to stoke racial animus and incite war, interracial murder also gave both Native and white leaders an opportunity to improve relations, or at least profit from conflict resolution. In the seventeenth century, most Indigenous people held and used enough leverage to dictate the terms on which such conflicts were resolved; but after the mid-eighteenth century, population and material advantages gave white settlers the upper hand. Owens describes the ways settler colonialism, as practiced by Anglo-Americans, put tremendous pressure on Native peoples, culturally, socially, and politically, forcing them to adapt in the face of violence and overwhelming numbers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By the early nineteenth century, many Native leaders recognized that, with population and power so heavily skewed against them, it was only practical to negotiate for the best possible terms; \u003ci\u003elex talionis\u003c\/i\u003e justice—blood for blood—proved an unrealistic goal. Consequently, Indigenous and white leaders alike became all too willing to overlook murder if it led to some kind of gain—if, for instance, justice might be traded for financial compensation or land cessions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ultimately, what Owens analyzes in \u003ci\u003eKilling over Land\u003c\/i\u003e is nothing less than the commodification of human life in return for a sense of order—as defined and accepted, however differently, by both Native and white authorities as the contest for land and resources intensified in the European colonization of North America.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685404340504,"sku":"9780806193625","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/killing-over-land-murder-and-diplomacy-on-the-early-american-frontier-hardback-9780806193625","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}