"Leveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon through an evaluation of Oregon's exclusionary laws between the years 1841 and 1859"-- Provided by publisher

Citizenship, Citizenship Northwest, Pacific History, Citizenship Oregon Territory History, History, Pacific Northwest, United States Oregon Territory

Oregon and the making of a settler colony in the Pacific Northwest The dispossession of American Indians and the right to exist Understanding immigration restrictions through arguments of slavery and labor Incorporated definitions of land ownership The privileged right to an education Implications of citizenship in suffrage and naturalization laws