Introduction : defining genocide. pt 1. Imagining genocide. The core values of genocide -- Emigrant guides -- The Overland Trail experience -- pt. 2. Perpetrating genocide. The economics of genocide in southern California -- Democratic death squads of northern California -- pt. 3. Supporting genocide. The murder state -- Federal bystanders to and agents of genocide -- Advertising genocide -- Conclusion : at a crossroads in the genocide -- Epilogue : forgetting and remembering genocide