their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment

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narrow strictures for women

in American history

Five hundred years of European colonialism

Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad missing women their ongoing struggles against aEmpire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial