A most pernicious thing : gun trading and Native warfare in the early contact period /

The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Given, Brian J. (Brian James), 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ottawa, Canada : Carleton University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
1600-1775
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples.
Indians of North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians of North America > History > 17th century.
Indians of North America > Foreign influences.
Firearms industry and trade > North America.
Indian weapons > North America.
Firearms > Europe > History.
Peuples autochtones > Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples > Amérique du Nord.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Armes des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
Armes à feu > Industrie > Amérique du Nord.
Armes à feu > Europe > Histoire.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY > North America.
HISTORY > Native American.
Indian weapons
Firearms
Firearms industry and trade
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > Colonial period
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
Indians of North America > Foreign influences
Europe
North America
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Contemporary ethnohistory
  • The gun in Europe : evolution and deployment
  • 3. Colonial arms
  • 4. The Native/European gun trade before 1640
  • 5. The weapons trade begins in earnest
  • 6. 1655 to the end of King Philip's War 1676
  • 7. The musket : operational parameters
  • 8. Conclusions and hypotheses
  • Appendix: Notes on lethality.

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