{"product_id":"the-chosen-and-the-damned-native-americans-and-the-making-of-race-in-the-united-states-9781635578386","title":"The Chosen and the Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping chronicle placing race at the center of Native American U.S. history, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThis Land Is Their Land.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the colonial era began, Europeans did not consider themselves as \"Whites,\" and Native Americans did not think of themselves as \"Indians.\" Yet as a genocidal struggle for America unfolded over the course of generations, all that changed. Euro-Americans developed a sense of racial identity, superiority, and national mission-of being chosen. They contended that Indians were damned to disappear so Whites could spread Christian civilization. Native people countered that the Great Spirit had created Indians and Whites separately and intended America to belong to Indians alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian David J. Silverman traces Indian-White racial arguments across four centuries, from the bloody colonial wars for territory to the national wars of extermination justified as \"Manifest Destiny\"; from the creation of reservations and boarding schools to the rise of the Red Power movement and beyond. In this transformative retelling, Silverman shows how White identity, defined against Indians, became central to American nationhood. He also reveals how Indian identity contributed to Native Americans' resistance and resilience as modern tribal people, even as it has sometimes pit them against one another on the basis of race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe epochal story of race in America is typically understood as a Black and White issue. \u003ci\u003eThe Chosen and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e restores the defining role Native people have played, and continue to play, in our national history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David J. Silverman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635578386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid J. Silverman \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at George Washington University. He is the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThis Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Troubled History of Thanksgiving\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2019), as well as \u003ci\u003eThundersticks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinigret\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFaith and Boundaries\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David J. Silverman \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47659152801949,"sku":"9781635578386","price":56.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b5b1c546-d9fb-4da7-b738-8c960154b173.jpg?v=1771351625","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-chosen-and-the-damned-native-americans-and-the-making-of-race-in-the-united-states-9781635578386","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}