03132nam 2200745Ia 450 991097270830332120251117082627.097808093856450809385643(CKB)2550000000019126(SSID)ssj0000485465(PQKBManifestationID)11344245(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485465(PQKBWorkID)10604181(PQKB)11551871(MiAaPQ)EBC1354497(OCoLC)649913983(MdBmJHUP)muse3518(Au-PeEL)EBL1354497(CaPaEBR)ebr10395128(CaONFJC)MIL367442(EXLCZ)99255000000001912620090911d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLand of big rivers French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 /M.J. Morgan1st ed.Carbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc2010xiv, 287 p. ill., mapsShawnee booksBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8093-2988-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Shawnee books.Frontier and pioneer lifeIllinoisHuman ecologyIllinoisHistory18th centuryFloodplainsIllinoisHistory18th centuryUplandsIllinoisHistory18th centuryFrenchIllinoisHistory18th centuryIndians of North AmericaIllinoisHistory18th centuryBritishIllinoisHistory18th centuryIllinoisHistoryTo 1778IllinoisEnvironmental conditionsIllinoisEthnic relationsHistory18th centuryFrontier and pioneer lifeHuman ecologyHistoryFloodplainsHistoryUplandsHistoryFrenchHistoryIndians of North AmericaHistoryBritishHistory977.3/01Morgan M. J.1955-1623116MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972708303321Land of big rivers4458423UNINA