Indigenous Nations and the Development of the U.S. Economy: Land, Resources, and Dispossession
挑战传统观点，指出美国经济发展所依赖的丰富土地和强产权，实际上建立在对原住民族土地和产权的剥夺之上，忽视这一历史会导致对美国经济史的误解。
Abundant land and strong property rights are conventionally viewed as key factors underpinning U.S. economic development success. This view relies on the “Pristine Myth” of an empty undeveloped land, but the abundant land of North America was already made productive and was the recognized territory of sovereign Indigenous Nations. We demonstrate that the development of strong property rights for European/American settlers was mirrored by the attenuation and increasing disregard of Indigenous property rights. We argue that the dearth of discussion of the dispossession of Indigenous nations results in a misunderstanding of some of the core themes of U.S. economic history.