1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002062410203316

Autore

BERSINI, Francesco

Titolo

La pastorale dei matrimoni falliti e le cause di nullità : con riferimento alle esigenze del nuovo Codice / Francesco Bersini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bari : Edizioni paoline, 1976

Descrizione fisica

221 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

Teologia morale, oggi

Collocazione

Coll EIO 16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910809682703321

Autore

Nichols David Andrew <1970->

Titolo

Engines of diplomacy : Indian trading factories and the negotiation of American empire / / David Andrew Nichols

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

979-88-908467-1-6

1-4696-2690-X

1-4696-2691-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

323.1197

Soggetti

Trading posts - United States - History

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

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Trade upon Public Ground; 2 Local Agendas and National Goals; 3 Like So Many



Armies; 4 The Commercial Ecology of the Indian Factory System; 5 Negotiation, Manipulation, and Alliance-Building; 6 Ten Commercial Embassies in Wartime; 7 Running Hard and Falling Behind; 8 Civilization versus Commerce; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

"As a fledgling republic, the United States implemented a series of trading outposts to engage indigenous peoples and to expand American interests west of the Appalachian Mountains. Under the authority of the executive branch, this Indian factory system was designed to strengthen economic ties between Indian nations and the United States, while eliminating competition from unscrupulous fur traders. In this detailed history of the Indian factory system, David Andrew Nichols demonstrates how Native Americans and U.S. government authorities sought to exert their power in the trading posts by using them as sites for commerce, political maneuvering, and diplomatic action"--