The title is appropriate because Plains Indians lost their sources of income, lands, and usual ways of life. They were confined to unsuitable reserve land under harsh living conditions. Whites justified this by claiming Indians had to be assimilated into modern American society. Some Indians accepted the European way of life, while those that resisted remained poor.
The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations?
Answer by Academic.tip's expert
An answer to this question is provided by one of our experts who specializes in history. Let us know how much you liked it and give it a rating.
Cite this page
Select a citation style:
References
Academic.Tips. (2022) 'The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations'. 21 June.
Reference
Academic.Tips. (2022, June 21). The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations? Retrieved from https://academic.tips/question/the-winning-of-the-west-was-at-whose-expense-a-prominent-historian-entitled-his-book-about-the-plains-indians-in-the-period-1840-1900-the-long-death-do-you-think-this-is-or-is-not-an-appropriate-boo/
References
Academic.Tips. 2022. "The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations?" June 21, 2022. https://academic.tips/question/the-winning-of-the-west-was-at-whose-expense-a-prominent-historian-entitled-his-book-about-the-plains-indians-in-the-period-1840-1900-the-long-death-do-you-think-this-is-or-is-not-an-appropriate-boo/.
1. Academic.Tips. "The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations?" June 21, 2022. https://academic.tips/question/the-winning-of-the-west-was-at-whose-expense-a-prominent-historian-entitled-his-book-about-the-plains-indians-in-the-period-1840-1900-the-long-death-do-you-think-this-is-or-is-not-an-appropriate-boo/.
Bibliography
Academic.Tips. "The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations?" June 21, 2022. https://academic.tips/question/the-winning-of-the-west-was-at-whose-expense-a-prominent-historian-entitled-his-book-about-the-plains-indians-in-the-period-1840-1900-the-long-death-do-you-think-this-is-or-is-not-an-appropriate-boo/.
Work Cited
"The Winning of the West was at whose expense? A prominent historian entitled his book about the Plains Indians in the period 1840-1900 The Long Death. Do you think this is or is not an appropriate book title? How did whites justify western settlement and displacement of Native Americans, and how did Native Americans react to attempts to confine them to reservations?" Academic.Tips, 21 June 2022, academic.tips/question/the-winning-of-the-west-was-at-whose-expense-a-prominent-historian-entitled-his-book-about-the-plains-indians-in-the-period-1840-1900-the-long-death-do-you-think-this-is-or-is-not-an-appropriate-boo/.
Copy