LEADER 03547nam 22006613u 450 001 9910967120303321 005 20251116164046.0 010 $a979-88-908664-2-4 010 $a1-4696-0320-9 035 $a(CKB)3170000000065489 035 $a(EBL)4322008 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000870534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11474720 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10818497 035 $a(PQKB)11479985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4322008 035 $a(BIP)1172147 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000065489 100 $a20160118d2011|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Ordeal of the Longhouse $eThe Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cThe University of North Carolina Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (455 p.) 225 1 $aPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8078-4394-6 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aRichter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League—the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras—to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers. 410 0$aPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia 606 $aIroquois Indians$xHistory 606 $aIroquois Indians$xFirst contact with other peoples 606 $aIroquois Indians$xGovernment relations 606 $aGender & Ethnic Studies$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aEthnic & Race Studies$2HILCC 615 0$aIroquois Indians$xHistory. 615 0$aIroquois Indians$xFirst contact with other peoples. 615 0$aIroquois Indians$xGovernment relations. 615 7$aGender & Ethnic Studies 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aEthnic & Race Studies 676 $a974.7004975 700 $aRichter$b Daniel K$0233058 712 02$aInstitute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.), 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967120303321 996 $aThe Ordeal of the Longhouse$94478662 997 $aUNINA