Land of Big Rivers : French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 /

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Drawing on research from a variety of academic fields, such as archaeology, history, botany, ecology, and physical science, M.J. Morgan explores the intersection of people and the environment in early eighteenth-century Illinois Country-a stretch of fecund, alluvial river plain along the Mississippi...

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Autor principal: Morgan, M. J., 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Uplands.
Indians of North America.
Human ecology.
Frontier and pioneer life.
French.
Floodplains.
Ethnic relations.
Ecology.
British.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Britanniques > Illinois > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Français > Illinois > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Hautes terres > Illinois > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Plaines inondables > Illinois > Histoire > 18e siecle.
British > Illinois > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Illinois > History > 18th century.
French > Illinois > History > 18th century.
Uplands > Illinois > History > 18th century.
Floodplains > Illinois > History > 18th century.
Human ecology > Illinois > History > 18th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois.
Illinois.
Illinois > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Illinois > Conditions environnementales.
Illinois > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1778.
Illinois > Ethnic relations > History > 18th century.
Illinois > Environmental conditions.
Illinois > History > To 1778.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: a word about buffalo
  • Illinois country ecology
  • The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750
  • Cahokia : French and Indian struggles
  • Chartres : French and Indian successes
  • Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners
  • Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52
  • Uplands arena, 1750-78
  • A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois
  • Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois
  • Epilogue: losses.

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