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Detroit's Hidden Channels : The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century /

"Detroit's Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century examines the role of French-Indigenous kinship networks in Detroit's development as one of the most politically and economically pivotal locations in the continental interior. Situated where...

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Autor principal: Marrero, Karen L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Creating the Place Between: Building Indigenous and French Communities in Early Detroit
  • Chapter 2. Corn Mothers, Commandantes, and Nurturing Fathers: Negotiating Place at Detroit
  • Chapter 3. War, Slavery, and Baptism: The Formation of the French-Indigenous Networks at Detroit
  • Chapter 4. Ils s'en allaient tous: Roots and Routes of the French-Indigenous Family Networks
  • Chapter 5. On Such Does the Fate of Empires Depend: Women of the French-Indigenous Family Networks
  • Chapter 6. Unveiling the Conspiracy: Women at the Heart of Pontiac's War
  • Chapter 7. Bastards and Bastions: Domestic Disorder and the Changing Status of the French-Indigenous Family Networks
  • Afterword
  • Appendix. Creating Community at Detroit: Witnessing the Marriage of Michel Bizaillon and Marguerite Fafard
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index