1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000038478

Autore

Eichendorff, Joseph von

Titolo

Literarhistorische Schriften Historische Schriften Politische Schriften / Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf, 1958

ISBN

3-7681-9909-6

Descrizione fisica

1541 p. ; 20 cm.

Disciplina

833.7

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972708303321

Autore

Morgan M. J. <1955->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010

ISBN

9780809385645

0809385643

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on research from a variety of academic fields, such as archaeology, history, botany, ecology, and physical science, M.J.Morgan explores the intersection of people and the environment in early eighteenth-century Illinois Country--a stretch of fecund, alluvial river plain along the Mississippi river.