A gathering of rivers : Indians, Métis, and mining in the Western Great Lakes, 1737-1832 /
In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted waves of French and British immigration by diversifying their economies and commercializing lead mining. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-225) and index. |
ISBN: | 0803202946 9780803202948 0803232101 9780803232105 1280374179 9781280374173 |