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New worlds of violence : cultures and conquests in the early American Southeast / / Matthew Jennings



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Autore: Jennings Matthew <1976-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: New worlds of violence : cultures and conquests in the early American Southeast / / Matthew Jennings Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina: 975/.01
Soggetto topico: Violence - Southern States - History - 17th century
Violence - Southern States - History - 18th century
Indians of North America - First contact with other peoples - Southern States
Indians of North America - Southern States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Indians of North America - Wars - 1600-1750
Indians of North America - Wars - Southern States
White people - Southern States - Relations with Indians
Soggetto geografico: Southern States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Southern States Discovery and exploration Spanish
Southern States Discovery and exploration British
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction : cultures of violence -- Violence in the Mississippian world -- Spanish and Mississippian violence -- The fight for Florida -- Violence after the entrada -- Creating English conquest -- Violence and the founding of English Carolina -- Violence in the era of the Yamasee War -- American nations, American violence.
Sommario/riassunto: From the early 1500's to the mid-1700's, the American Southeast was the scene of continuous tumult as European powers vied for dominance in the region while waging war on Native American communities. Yet even before Hernando de Soto landed his expeditionary force on the Gulf shores of Florida, Native Americans had created their own "cultures of violence": sets of ideas about when it was appropriate to use violence and what sorts of violence were appropriate to a given situation.In New Worlds of Violence, Matthew Jennings offers a persuasive new framework
Titolo autorizzato: New worlds of violence  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-28233-X
9786613282330
1-57233-799-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808460703321
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