Creek country : the Creek Indians and their world / / Robbie Ethridge

• Autore: Ethridge Robbie Franklyn <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.004/973
• Soggetto topico: Creek Indians - History; Creek Indians - Land tenure; Creek Indians - Government relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-355) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Benjamin Hawkins in Creek country -- The beginnings of Creek country: a historical overview -- The landscape of Creek country -- The heart of Creek country -- The people of Creek country -- The hinterlands -- Creek farmers -- Creek ranchers -- Entrepreneurs, wage laborers, thieves, and the Creek frontier exchange economy -- The selling of Creek country -- The closing of Creek country.
• Sommario/riassunto: Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching transition. Creek Country presents a compelling portrait of a culture in crisis, of its resiliency in the face of profound change, and of the forces that pushed it into decisive, destructive conflict.Ethridge begins in 1796 with the arrival of U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins, whose tenure among the Creeks coincided with a period of increased federal intervention in tribal affairs, growing tension betwee
• Titolo autorizzato: Creek country
• ISBN: 979-88-908754-9-5; 0-8078-6155-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814464803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II