Albert L. Hurtado Libros

Each chapter includes documents and essays relating to the chapter's central theme, many of which are written by Native Americans.

California is a contentious arena for the study of the Native American past. Some critics say genocide characterized the early conduct of Indian affairs in the state; others say humanitarian concerns. Robert F. Heizer, in the former camp, has compiled a damning collection of contemporaneous accounts that will provoke students of California history to look deeply into the state's record of race relations and to question bland generalizations about the adventuresome days of the Gold Rush.

Outcomes of an international Research Project of the Unesco Institute for Education organized in coperation with the German Commission for Unesco, Bonn. Text clean and tight.