The Southern frontier, 1670-1732 [[electronic resource] /] / Verner Crane

• Autore: Crane Verner Winslow <1889->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Disciplina: 976/.01
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - Southern States; British - Commerce - Southern States - History; French - Commerce - Southern States - History; Indians of North America - Commerce - Southern States - History; Indians of North America - Wars - 1600-1750; Indians of North America - Wars - Southern States
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Southwest, Old History 17th century; Southwest, Old History 18th century; Southern States Ethnic relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Previously published: Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1928.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction to 2004 Edition; I. First Contacts With the Spanish and the Indians; II. Carolinian Expansion in the Seventeenth Century; III.The Mississippi Question, 1697-1702; IV. The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne's War; V. The Charles Town Indian Trade; VI. Trade Regulation and Intercolonial Problems, 1670-1715; VII. The Yamasee War, 1715-1716; VIII. Defense and Reconstruction, 1715-1732; IX. Beginnings of British Western Policy, 1715-1721; X. The Carolina-Florida Border, 1721-1730; XI. International Rivalries in the Old Southwest, 1715-1730 ; XII. The Board of Trade and Southern Colonization, 1721-1730XIII. The Philanthropists and the Genesis of Georgia; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A classic resource on the struggle for dominance in southern North America during the colonial period. This volume recounts the clashes and intrigues that played out over the landscape of the Old Southwest and across six decades as the Spanish, French, British, and ultimately Americans vied for control. Rivalry began soon after initial discovery, mapping, and exploration as the world powers, particularly England and France, competed for control of the lucrative fur trade in the Mississippi valley. The French attempted to establish trade networks stretching from the
• Titolo autorizzato: The Southern frontier, 1670-1732
• ISBN: 0-8173-8402-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459475403321
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