Federal Fathers and Mothers
A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933
By Cathleen D. Cahill
384 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 23 halftones, 1 figs., 2 maps, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-0681-1
Published: February 2013 -
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8078-7773-9
Published: June 2011
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Awards & distinctions
2011 Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award
Finalist, 2012 David J. Weber-Clements Prize, Western History Association
A 2011 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
About the Author
Cathleen D. Cahill is associate professor of history at Penn State University.
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Reviews
"Cahill offers the first in-depth social history of the agency during the height of its assimilation efforts."--McCormick Messenger
"A social history in the best sense of the term."--New Books Network
"Cahill's work is perceptive and astute . . .[and] offers uncommon insights into myriad other topics."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"A major contribution to our understanding of how gender and ethnicity shaped Indian affairs in this era. The book is well written and deeply researched, and it gives readers a sophisticated and informed account of an era that remains understudied."--North Carolina Historical Review
"A new perspective on Indian-U.S. relations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. . . . An essential library addition for all scholars of federal policy and colonialism."--Western Historical Quarterly
"A groundbreaking account."--Ethnohistory