The World's Richest Indian

Tanis C. Thorne (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

308 Seiten

2003
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-516233-2 (ISBN)

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Presents the biography of Jackson Barnett, who gained unexpected wealth from oil found on his property. This book explores how control of his fortune was violently contested by his guardian, the state of Oklahoma, the Baptist Church, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and an adventuress who kidnapped and married him.

This is a biography of Jackson Barnett, who gained unexpected wealth from oil found on his property. It explores how control of his fortune was violently contested by his guardian, the state of Oklahoma, the Baptist Church, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and an adventuress who kidnapped and married him. Coming into national prominence as a case of Bureau of Indian Affairs mismanagement of Indian property, the litigation over Barnett's wealth lasted two decades and stimulated Congress to make long-overdue reforms in its policies towards Indians.

Tanis C. Thorne is Half-time Lecturer and Director of Interdisciplinary Native American Minor, University of California, Irvine, and Part-time Lecturer at Sacramento State University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.10.2003
Zusatzinfo	numerous halftones
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-516233-1 / 0195162331
ISBN-13	978-0-19-516233-2 / 9780195162332
Zustand	Neuware