Setting all the captives free : capture, adjustment, and recollection in Allegheny country / / Ian K. Steele

• Autore: Steele Ian Kenneth
• Pubblicazione: Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (705 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.2/6
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Wars - 1750-1815 - Prisoners and prisons
• Soggetto geografico: United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763 Prisoners and prisons
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part 1 : Captured in "Peacetime". Taken along Warriors' Paths -- Taking Traders, 1745-54 -- Colonial Soldiers Take Captives, 1754 -- ; Part 2 : Captured in War. Taken in Raids, 1754-59 -- Taken in Sieges and Surrenders, 1756-58 -- Taken in Battles, 1755-59 -- Indian War with Traders and Soldiers, 1763-65 -- Indian War with White Settlers, 1763-6 -- ; Part 3 : Captivity, Conversion, and Escape. Trails into Captivity -- Allegheny White Indians -- Escaped -- The Bereft -- ; Part 4 : Setting all the Captives Free. Diplomacy of Gift Exchange, 1756-62 -- Redeemed and Exchanged, 1745-62 -- Forced Return of Captives -- Imperial Moment, 1765 -- ; Part 5 : Afterwards and Afterwods. Restoring and Revising Identities -- Captivating Accounts, 1755-1826 -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Appendix: Named Captives Taken on the Allegheny Frontier.
• Titolo autorizzato: Setting all the captives free
• ISBN: 0-7735-8990-2; 0-7735-8989-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453287103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 71.