Land of big rivers [[electronic resource] ] : French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 / / M.J. Morgan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457140403321
• Autore: Morgan M. J. <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 9780809385645; 0809385643
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 287 p. : ill., maps
• Collana: Shawnee books
• Disciplina: 977.3/01
• Soggetti: Frontier and pioneer life - Illinois; Human ecology - Illinois - History - 18th century; Floodplains - Illinois - History - 18th century; Uplands - Illinois - History - 18th century; French - Illinois - History - 18th century; Indians of North America - Illinois - History - 18th century; British - Illinois - History - 18th century; Electronic books.; Illinois History To 1778; Illinois Environmental conditions; Illinois Ethnic relations History 18th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface: a word about buffalo -- Illinois country ecology -- The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750 -- Cahokia : French and Indian struggles -- Chartres : French and Indian successes -- Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners -- Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52 -- Uplands arena, 1750-78 -- A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois -- Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois -- Epilogue: losses.