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Book Reviews
| Patrick J. Jung. The Black Hawk War of 1832. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. Pp. 288. Bibliography. Illustrations. Index. Maps. Notes. Cloth, $29.95.
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In this monograph about frontier conflict in the upper Midwest, Patrick Jung argues that the Black Hawk War resulted from a combination of anti-American sentiment and an ongoing series of pan-Indian revitalization movements. Despite these unifying impulses, both intra- and inter-tribal competition, combined with an effective United States policy of reliance on militia forces, proved to be Black Hawk's undoing. Although many Native Americans resisted removal both prior to and after the Black Hawk War, the event marks a watershed in which the "middle ground" no longer characterized relations between Indians and Euro-Americans in the Great Lakes region. |
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