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Autore: |
Starkey Armstrong
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Titolo: |
European and Native American warfare, 1675-1815 / / Armstrong Starkey
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Pubblicazione: | London, : UCL Press, c1998 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina: | 355.0209709033 |
970.03 | |
Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America - Wars - 1600-1750 |
Indians of North America - Wars - 1750-1815 | |
Indians of North America - Warfare | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Preface; Introduction: raiders in the wilderness; The Indian way of war; The European background to North American warfare; Total war in New England: King Philip's War, 1675 6 and its aftermath; Indians and the wars for empire, 1689 1763; Wars of independence: the revolutionary frontier, 1774 83; Last stands: the defeat of Indian resistance in the Old Northwest, 1783 1815; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Challenging the historical tradition that has denigrated Indians as 'savages' and celebrated the triumph of European 'civilization', Armstrong Starkey presents military history as only one dimension of a more fundamental conflict of cultures, and re-examines the European invasion of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Combining the perspectives of ethno-history and military history, this book provides an evaluation of the evolution and influence of both Indian and European ways of war during the period. Significant conflicts are analysed including King Philip |
Titolo autorizzato: | European and Native American warfare, 1675-1815 ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-00-342370-1 |
1-003-42370-1 | |
1-135-36338-2 | |
1-135-36339-0 | |
0-203-50113-6 | |
0-203-21061-1 | |
1-280-18655-0 | |
9786610186556 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910814517003321 |
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