Lenape Country : Delaware Valley Society Before William Penn /

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In 1631, when the Dutch tried to develop plantation agriculture in the Delaware Valley, the Lenape Indians destroyed the colony of Swanendael and killed its residents. The Natives and Dutch quickly negotiated peace, avoiding an extended war through diplomacy and trade. The Lenapes preserved their po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soderlund, Jean R., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Colonial period.
Ethnic relations.
Delaware Indians > Government relations.
Delaware Indians.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Delaware (Indiens) > Delaware, Vallee de la (N.Y.-Del. et N.J.) > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Delaware Indians > Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > History > 17th century.
Delaware Indians > Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > Government relations > History > 17th century.
Indians of North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States > Delaware River Valley.
Delaware, Vallee de la (N.Y.-Del. et N.J.) > Conditions sociales > 17e siecle.
Delaware, Vallee de la (N.Y.-Del. et N.J.) > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > History > 17th century.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > Ethnic relations > History > 17th century.
Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) > Social conditions > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Lenape Country; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note on the Text; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Free People, Subject to No One; Chapter 2. Controlling the Land through Massacre and War, 1626-38; Chapter 3. Managing a Tenuous Peace, 1638-54; Chapter 4. Allies against the Dutch, 1654-64; Chapter 5. Allies against the English, 1664-73; Chapter 6. Protecting Sovereignty amid Wars, 1673-80; Chapter 7. Negotiating Penn's Colony, 1681-1715; Chapter 8. Strategies of Survival and Revenge; Conclusion; Note on Methodology; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments.

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