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Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life

Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life

by Elizabeth A. Fenn (Foreword), James Daschuk Ph.D (Author)

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    Illustrated 2019

    $107.41
Synopsis

This new edition of Clearing the Plains has a forward by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Elizabeth Fenn, and explanations of the book's influence by leading Canadian historians. Called one of the most important books of the twenty-first century by the Literary Review of Canada, it was named a Book of the Year by The Globe and Mail , Quill & Quire , the Writers' Trust , and won the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, among many others.

$107.41

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 386
 Edition: 2nd ed.
 Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 16 Feb 2019
ISBN 10: 0889776210
ISBN 13: 9780889776210

Media Reviews
Clearing the Plains is a tour de force that dismantles and destroys the view that Canada has a special claim to humanity in its treatment of Indigenous peoples. Daschuk shows how infectious diseases and state-supported starvation combined to create a creeping, relentless catastrophe that persists to the present day. The prose is gripping, the analysis is incisive, and the narrative is so chilling that it leaves its reader stunned and disturbed. For days after reading it, I was unable to shake a profound sense of sorrow. This is fearless, evidence-driven history at its finest. Elizabeth A. Fenn, author of Pox Americana
Author Bio
James Daschuk has a Ph.D. in History from the University of Manitoba. He is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina and a researcher with the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit.