Ordeal of the Longhouse The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization

Name: Ordeal of the Longhouse The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization
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ISBN: 9780807843949

ISBN-10: 0807843946

ISBN-13: 9780807843949

Edition: 1992

Authors: Daniel K. Richter

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Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois Leaguethe Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscarorasto the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers.

Book details

List price: $47.50
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/14/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 454
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English

Daniel K. Richter is Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History and the Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Illustrations


Introduction



The Iroquois in the World on the Turtle's Back



The Great League of Peace and Power



The Great League for War and Survival



The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch



The Ascendancy of the Francophiles



The Revolt of the Anglophiles



The Last of the Beaver Wars



The Political Crisis of the Iroquois Confederacy



The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at Home



The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and Balance



The Iroquois in a Euro-American World


Methodological Comments


Abbreviations Used in the Notes


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index