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Pox, empire, shackles, and hides : the Townsend site, 1670-1715 /

The late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries were an extremely turbulent time for southeastern American Indian groups. Indeed, between the founding of the Charles Town colony along the south Atlantic coast in 1670 and the outbreak of the Yamasee War in 1715, disease, warfare, and massive popu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marcoux, Jon Bernard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries were an extremely turbulent time for southeastern American Indian groups. Indeed, between the founding of the Charles Town colony along the south Atlantic coast in 1670 and the outbreak of the Yamasee War in 1715, disease, warfare, and massive population displacements dramatically altered the social, political, and economic landscape of the entire region. This volume examines issues of culture contact and social identity by exploring how this chaotic period played out in the daily lives of Cherokee households, especially those excavated at.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 178 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817384838
0817384839