French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815

Name: French and Indians in the Heart of North America, 1630-1815
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ISBN: 9781611860740

ISBN-10: 1611860741

ISBN-13: 9781611860740

Edition: 2013

Authors: Robert Englebert, Guillaume Teasdale, French Colonial Historical Society Staff

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In the past thirty years, the study of French-Indian relations in the center of North America has emerged as an important field for examining the complex relationships that defined a vast geographical area, including the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, the Missouri River Valley, and Upper and Lower Louisiana. For years, no one better represented this emerging area of study than Jacqueline Peterson and Richard White, scholars who identified a world defined by miscegenation between French colonists and the native population, or mï¿½tissage, and the unique process of cultural accommodation that led to a "middle ground" between French and Algonquian. Building on the research of…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Publication date: 4/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


"Faire la chaudiï¿½re": The Wendat Feast of Souls, 1636


Natives, Newcomers, and Nicotiana: Tobacco in the History of the Great Lakes Region


The Terms of Encounter: Language and Contested Visions of French Colonization in the Illinois Country, 1673-1702


"Gascon Exaggerations": The Rise of Antoine Laumet dit de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac, the Foundation of Colonial Detroit, and the Origins of the Fox Wars


"Protection" and "Unequal Alliance": The French Conception of Sovereignty over Indians in New France


The French and the Natchez: A Failed Encounter


From Subjects to Citizens: Two Pierres and the French Influence on the Transformation of the Illinois Country


Blue Beads, Vermilion, and Scalpers: The Social Economy of the 1810-1812 Astorian Overland Expedition's French Canadian Voyageurs


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