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.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2014.
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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.