The Great Father was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary War to 1980, the book traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy.
| ISBN: | 9780803287129 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 1986 |
| Author: | Francis Paul Prucha |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 426 pages |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas History Social and cultural history Indigenous peoples |
The Great Father was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary War to 1980, the book traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy.
The Great Father features in the following genres: History of the Americas, History, Social and cultural history, Indigenous peoples
The Great Father is available in Paperback
The Great Father was written by Francis Paul Prucha and published by University of Nebraska Press
The Great Father has 426 pages