Properties of empire : Indians, colonists, and land speculators on the New England frontier /
A fascinating history of a contested frontier, where struggles over landownership brought Native Americans and English colonists together in surprising ways to preserve Indigenous territory. Properties of Empire shows the dynamic relationship between Native and English systems of property on the tur...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Early American places.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Properties of empire
- 1. Networks of property and belonging. Land use in the 17th century
- 2. Dawnland encounters, 1600-1713
- 3. Land claims, 1713-1722
- 4. Breaking-and making-the peace, 1722-1727
- 5. In defiance of the proprietors, 1722-1727
- 6. The rightful owners thereof, 1735-1741
- 7. Troubled times, 1741-1752
- 8. Contrary to their own laws, 1749-1755
- Conclusion. Treaties buried and lost. Indigenous rights and colonial property since 1755.