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Paper Sovereigns : Anglo-Native Treaties and the Law of Nations, 164-1664 /

Paper Sovereigns demonstrates that treaty making and breaking in the early North Atlantic world involved complex struggles and crosscultural systems of negotiation, establishing Native American treaties as a powerful influence on European colonization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Glover, Jeffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note on Naming and Spelling
  • Introduction: A Great Shout
  • Chapter 1. Heavy Heads: Crowning Kings in Early Virginia
  • Chapter 2. The Ransom of Pocahontas: Kidnapping and Dynastic Marriage in Jamestown and London
  • Chapter 3. Gunpowder Diplomacy: Arms and Alliance in Plymouth and Patuxet
  • Chapter 4. Trading Sovereignty: The Fur Trade and the Freedom of the Seas
  • Chapter 5. Gift of an Empire: The Land Market and the Law of Nations in Narragansett Bay
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.