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Peoples of the river valleys : the odyssey of the Delaware Indians /

Offers a fresh interpretation of the history of the Delaware, or Lenape, Indians in the context of events in the mid-Atlantic region and the Ohio Valley.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Schutt, Amy C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2007.
Collection:Early American studies.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue "Sachems from nine different places"
  • Chapter 1. Communities and Kin
  • Chapter 2. Reorganizations and Relationships in the Hudson and Delaware Valleys, 1609-82
  • 'He knew the best how to order them'
  • Chapter 3. Sharing Lands and Asserting Rights in the Face of Pennsylvania's Expansion, 1682-1742
  • Chapter 4. Networks, Alliances, and Power, 1742-65
  • "All the people which inhabit this Continent"
  • Chapter 5. Defining Delawares, 1765-74
  • Chapter 6. Striving for Unity with Diversity, 1768-83
  • Epilogue. "Sit down by us as a nation"
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.