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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452675103321

Titolo

Cultures in conflict : the Seven Years' War in North America / / edited by Warren Hofstra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

0-7425-5129-6

0-7425-7610-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

973.2/6

Soggetti

Culture conflict - North America - History - 18th century

Electronic books.

United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763

United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Social aspects

North America Ethnic relations History 18th century

United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : old forts, new perspectives: thoughts on the Seven Years' War and its significance / Fred Anderson -- British culture and the changing character of the mid-eighteenth-century British empire / Paul Mapp -- Great power confrontation or clash of cultures? : France's war against Britain and its antecedents / Jonathan R. Dull -- War, diplomacy, and culture : the Iroquois experience in the Seven Years' War / Timothy J. Shannon -- Declaring independence : the Ohio indians and the Seven Years' War / Eric Hinderaker -- How the Seven Years' War turned Americans into (British) patriots / Woody Holton -- The Seven Years' War in Canadian history and memory / Catherine Desbarats and Allan Greer.

Sommario/riassunto

Cultures in Conflict addresses the broad pattern of events that framed this conflict's causes, the intercultural dynamics of its conduct, and its profound impact on subsequent events-most notably the American Revolution and a protracted Anglo-Indian struggle for continental control. Warren R. Hofstra has gathered the best of contemporary



scholarship on the war (1754-1763) and its social and cultural history. The authors examine the viewpoints of British and French imperial authorities, the issues motivating Indian nations in the Ohio