At the Hearth of the Crossed Races : A French-Indian Community in Nineteenth-Century Oregon, 1812-1859 /

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"Despite the force of Oregon's founding mythology, the Willamette Valley was not an empty Eden awaiting settlement by hardy American pioneers. Rather, it was, as Melinda Jette explores in At the Hearth of the Crossed Races, one of the earliest sites of extensive intercultural contact in th...

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Main Author: Jette, Melinda Marie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Pioneers.
Kalapuya Indians.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent.
Frontier and pioneer life.
French Americans.
Colonization.
British Americans.
Acculturation.
Ahantchuyuk Indians.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
Pionniers > Oregon > French Prairie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Americains d'origine britannique > Oregon > French Prairie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Kalapuya (Indiens) > Oregon > French Prairie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Americains d'origine française > Oregon > French Prairie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Ahantchuyuk Indians > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Oregon > French Prairie.
Pioneers > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
British Americans > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
Kalapuya Indians > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
French Americans > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Mixed descent > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
Acculturation > Oregon > French Prairie > History > 19th century.
Oregon > French Prairie.
French Prairie (Or.) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
French Prairie (Or.) > Colonisation.
French Prairie (Or.) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
French Prairie (Or.) > History > 19th century.
French Prairie (Or.) > Colonization.
French Prairie (Or.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Native-Fur Trader Relations in the Willamette Valley; Chapter 2. Agrarian Colonization and the Intermittent Fever; Chapter 3. Methodist Missionaries and Community Relations; Chapter 4. Catholic Missionaries and Community Tensions; Chapter 5. American Settlers and Political Initiatives; Chapter 6. Under an Anglo-American Regime; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Pacific Fur Company Personnel in the Columbia Region, 1811-1814; Appendix 2. The First Astorian to the Willamette Valley.
  • Appendix 3. NWC Personnel in the Columbia Region, 1814-1820Appendix 4. Individuals Admitted to the Methodist Mission, 1834-1838; Appendix 5. William Slacum's Census of Willamette Valley Settlers, 1837; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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