| Reservations, Removal, and Reform: The Mission Indian Agents of Southern California, 1878-1903 Contributor(s): Mathes, Valerie Sherer (Author), Brigandi, Phil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806159995 ISBN-13: 9780806159997 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2017050784 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.10 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Inseparable from the history of the Indians of Southern California is the role of the Indian agent--a government functionary whose chief duty was, according to the Office of Indian Affairs, to "induce his Indian to labor in civilized pursuits." Offering a portrait of the Mission Indian agents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Reservations, Removal, and Reform reveals how individual agents interpreted this charge, and how their actions and attitudes affected the lives of the Mission Indians of Southern California. This book tells the story of the government agents, both special and regular, who served the Mission Indians from 1850 to 1903, with an emphasis on seven regular agents who served from 1878 to 1903. Relying on the agents' reports and correspondence as well as newspaper articles and court records, authors Valerie Sherer Mathes and Phil Brigandi create a vivid picture of how each man--each a political appointee tasked with implementing ever-changing policies crafted in far-off Washington, D.C.--engaged with the issues and events confronting the Mission Indians, from land tenure and water rights to education, law enforcement, and health care. Providing a balanced, comprehensive view of the world these agents temporarily inhabited and the people they were called to serve, Reservations, Removal, and Reform deepens and broadens our understanding of the lives and history of the Indians of Southern California. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mathes, Valerie Sherer: - Valerie Sherer Mathes is a faculty member in the Social Science Department at City College of San Francisco. Among the books she has authored or edited are Helen Hunt Jackson and Her Indian Reform Legacy and The Indian Reform Letters of Helen Hunt Jackson.Brigandi, Phil: - Phil Brigandi is an independent scholar who specializes in the history of Southern California, especially Orange County, and for thirty years served as the historian for the Ramona Pageant. |