American Settler Colonialism

1. Introduction: Settler Colonialism, History, and Theory
Walter L. Hixson

2. “People from the Unknown World”: The Colonial Encounter and the Acceleration of Violence
Walter L. Hixson

3. “No Savage Shall Inherit the Land”: Settler Colonialism through the American Revolution
Walter L. Hixson

4. “The Savage and Common Enemy of the Country”: US Settler Colonialism to the Mississippi River
Walter L. Hixson

5. “Scenes of Agony and Blood”: Settler Colonialism and the Mexican and Civil Wars
Walter L. Hixson

6. “They Promised to Take Our Land and They Took It”: Settler Colonialism in the American West
Walter L. Hixson

7. “Spaces of Denial”: American Settler Colonialism in Hawai’i and Alaska
Walter L. Hixson

8. “Things Too Scandalous to Write”: The Philippine Intervention and the Continuities of Colonialism
Walter L. Hixson

9. “A Very Particular Kind of Inclusion”: Indigenous People in the Postcolonial United States
Walter L. Hixson

10. Conclusion: The Boomerang of Savagery
Walter L. Hixson

Avainsanat: History, Social History, History of the Americas, US History, Modern History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Historiography and Method