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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967120303321

Autore

Richter Daniel K

Titolo

The Ordeal of the Longhouse : The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011

ISBN

979-88-908664-2-4

1-4696-0320-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

974.7004975

Soggetti

Iroquois Indians - History

Iroquois Indians - First contact with other peoples

Iroquois Indians - Government relations

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Ethnic & Race Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Iroquois in the World on the Turtle's Back; Chapter Two: The Great League of Peace and Power; Chapter Three: The Great League for War and Survival; Chapter Four: The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch; Chapter Five: The Ascendancy of the Francophiles; Chapter Six: The Revolt of the Anglophiles; Chapter Seven: The Last of the Beaver Wars; Chapter Eight: The Political Crisis of the Iroquois Confederacy; Chapter Nine: The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at Home

Chapter Ten: The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and BalanceChapter Eleven: The Iroquois in a Euro-American World; Methodological Comments; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Select 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; Untitled

Sommario/riassunto

Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League—the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras—to the



challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers.