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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781563303321

Titolo

The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Curtis Skaggs and Larry L. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2001

ISBN

1-60917-218-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SkaggsDavid Curtis

NelsonLarry L <1950-> (Larry Lee)

Disciplina

977/.01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Wars - 1750-1815

Indians of North America - Wars - Great Lakes Region (North America)

Great Lakes Region (North America) History, Military Congresses

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

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Congresses

United States History War of 1812 Congresses

Great Britain Colonies America History Congresses

France Colonies America History Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers from a conference held in Sept. 1998 at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface to the Paperback Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""An Overview""; ""French Imperial Policy for the Great Lakes Basin""; ""Henry Bouquet and British Infantry Tacticson the Ohio Frontier""; ""The Microbes of War: The British Army and Epidemic Disease among the Ohio Indians, 1758-1765 ""; ""Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade: Warrior, Soldier, and Intercultural ""Window"" on the Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes ""; ""The Iroquois and the Native AmericanStruggle for the Ohio Valley""

""The French Connection: The Interior French and Their Role in French-British Relations in the Western Great Lakes Region, 1760-1775 """"“Ignorant bigots and busy rebelsâ€?: The American Revolution in the Western Great Lakes  ""; ""Fortress Detroit, 1701-1826""; ""Rethinking the Gnadenhutten Massacre: The Contest for Power in the Public World of the Revolutionary Pennsylvania Frontier ""; ""War as Cultural



Encounter in the Ohio Valley""; ""Liberty and Power in the Old Northwest, 1763-1800 ""; ""Supper and Celibacy: Quaker- Seneca Reflexive Missions ""

""The Mohawk/Oneida Corridor: The Geography of Inland Navigation Across New York """"Iroquois External Affairs, 1807-1815: The Crisis of the New Order""; ""The Firelands: Land Speculation and the War of 1812 ""; ""Reluctant Warriors: British North Americans and the War of 1812 ""; ""Forgotten Allies: The Loyal Shawnees and the War of 1812 ""; ""“To Obtain Command of the Lakes�: The United States and the Contest for Lakes Erie and Ontario, 1812-1815 ""; ""The Meanings of the Wars for the Great Lakes""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""; ""Index of Places and Names""