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A reprint of a classic ethnohistory of Indian-White relations on the Columbia Plateau

Table of Contents

Foreword to the 2003 Edition, by Chris Friday

Preface to the 2003 Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Plateau World

Chapter 2. The Eighteenth-Century Crisis

Chapter 3. The Plateau Prophecy

Chapter 4. The Prophecy Unfolds

Chapter 5. The White Prophecy

Chapter 6. The Prophets Meet

Chapter 7. The Converging Millennia

Chapter 8. The World Will Fall to Pieces

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Christopher L. Miller is associate professor of history and philosophy at the University of Texas-Pan American. His recent work includes Making America: A History of the United States.

Reviews

"The author deftly weaves materials drawn from a wide variety of disciplines to create a tapestry of tragic events born of millenarian visions. The writing is cogent, clear, and graceful."--Journal of American History "[Miller] has produced a work that is a provocative revisionist assessment of the remarkably parallel worlds of Indians and whites on the Columbia Plateau... Miller's work is tightly crafted and a source of inspiration for readers seeking explanation rather than just description of past events."--Oregon Historical Quarterly "Miller's revisionist proposal deserves attention for its erudition and ingenuity ... and as a challenge to reassess one's own reading of this complex juncture of historical and anthropological evidence."--Western Historical Quarterly