Books by David J. Wishart

The sobering tale of the rapid rise and decline of the settlement of the western Great Plains.

Suitable for the students of the American west, this title traces the fur trade system from the Green River rendezvous or the Fort Union post to the trading houses of St Louis and the auctions in New York and Europe.

Analyzes the spatial and ecological repercussions of dispossession. This title contains maps that give the spatial context of dispossession, showing how Indian societies were restricted to ever smaller territories where American policies of social control were applied with increasing intensity.

Covers thirteen thousand years of fascinating, dynamic, and often tragic history. From a hunting and gathering lifestyle to first contact with Europeans to land dispossession to claims cases, and much more, Wishart takes a wide-angle look at one of the most significant groups of people in the US.