A new order of things: property, power, and the transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816
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1. Verfasser: Saunt, Claudio (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge University Press 1999
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in North American Indian history
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations and maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fair persuasions: Power among the Creeks; 2 "Martial virtue, and not riches": The Creek relationship to property; 3 Alexander McGillivray: Mestizo yet Indian; 4 Forging a social compact; 5 Blacks in Creek country; 6 New roles for women and warriors; 7 Creating a country of laws and property; 8 The power of writing; 9 The hungry years; 10 Seminole resistance; 11 The Redstick War; 12 The Negro Fort; Index
As the Creek Indians amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation which left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 298 pages)
ISBN:051104058X
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