The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism

The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of ColonialismIn 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit of Empire, Jodi A. Byrd explores how indigeneity functions as transit, a trajectory of movement that serves as precedent within U. S. imperial history. Byrd argues that contemporary U. S. empire expands itself through a transferable Indianness that

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