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William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kenny, Kevin, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Penn, William, > 1644-1718 > Philosophy.
Penn, William, > 1644-1718
Penn, William > 1644-1718
Penn, William.
Paxton Boys
1600-1799
Geschichte 1610-1775.
Paxton Boys.
Vigilantes > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Pennsylvania > History > 18th century.
Culture conflict > Pennsylvania > History.
Membres de groupes d'autodéfense > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Conflit culturel > Pennsylvanie > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Culture conflict
Indians of North America
Philosophy
Race relations
Vigilantes
Ethnische Beziehungen
Indigenes Volk
Kolonialismus
Kulturkontakt
Rassenintegration
Rassenverfolgung
Religiöse Toleranz
Indianerpolitik > USA > Geschichte 18. Jh.
Frontier > Indianer.
Kväkare > historia > Förenta staterna > 1700-talet.
Indianer > historia > Förenta staterna > 1700-talet.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Pennsylvanie > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Pennsylvanie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania > Geschichte 18. Jh.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:William Penn established Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment" in which Europeans and Indians could live together in harmony. In this book, historian Kevin Kenny explains how this Peaceable Kingdom--benevolent, Quaker, pacifist--gradually disintegrated in the eighteenth century, with disastrous consequences for Native Americans. Kenny recounts how rapacious frontier settlers, most of them of Ulster extraction, began to encroach on Indian land as squatters, while William Penn's sons cast off their father's Quaker heritage and turned instead to fraud, intimidation, and eventually
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
ISBN:9780199734450
0199734453

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