The first interdisciplinary survey of Cherokee removal, this volume brings together essays by eight prominent scholars (including three of Cherokee descent) in the fields of history, geography, sociology, and law. They address such topics as Cherokee politics, class structure, and land-use patterns before the removal; Andrew Jackson's Indian policies; Cherokee population losses; the effects of removal on the few Cherokees allowed to remain on reservations in North Carolina; and the Cherokees' immediate and long-term problems following the Trail of Tears.
Edited by: William L. Anderson, professor emeritus of history at Western Carolina University.
Contributors: John R. Finger, Theda Perdue, Ronald N. Satz, Rennard Strickland, William M. Strickland, Russell Thornton, and Douglas C. Wilms.