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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
James M Volo; Dorothy Denneen Volo |
| ISBN: | 031331103X 9780313311031 |
| OCLC Number: | 48940668 |
| Description: | xxiii, 337 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Wilderness and the Promised Land -- The Eastern Woodland Culture -- The Tomahawk and the Cross -- Intertribal Trade and Warfare -- Anglo-America: The English Colonies -- Family and Household -- Hearth and Home -- The French Regime in Canada -- The Fur Trade -- The Militia -- Flaming Frontiers -- Tedious Days and Frightful Nights -- Frontier Fortifications -- The Opening Rounds of the Conflict -- The Final Struggle for a Continent. |
| Series Title: | Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. |
| Responsibility: | James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo. |
Abstract:
Starting with an overview of the time period and a description of the region and peoples involved, this work offers an exploration of daily life on the American frontier, where European colonial powers interacted, often violently, among native peoples and each other.
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?Daily Life on the Colonial Frontier is a must-read for anyone getting started in reenacting from that time period and wants to be fully aware of the knowledge that an ordinary citizen would have during that time. Gaining the knowledge from this book should make for an easier interpretation on the interested public.?-Smoke and Fire News Read more...
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- Frontier and pioneer life -- North America.
- North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Europe -- Territorial expansion -- Social aspects.
- North America -- Ethnic relations.
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- To 1789.
- Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans.
- Fur trade -- Social aspects -- North America -- History.
- France -- Relations -- Great Britain.
- Great Britain -- Relations -- France.
- Vie des pionniers -- Amérique du Nord.
- Indiens d'Amérique -- États-Unis -- Relations avec l'État -- Jusqu'à 1789.
- Indiens d'Amérique -- Amérique du Nord -- Premiers contacts avec les Européens.
- Fourrures -- Commerce -- Aspect social -- Amérique du Nord -- Histoire.
- Amérique du Nord -- Histoire -- ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
- Amérique du Nord -- Relations interethniques.
- France -- Relations -- Grande-Bretagne.
- Grande-Bretagne -- Relations -- France.
- Alltag.
- Frontier.
- Nordamerika.
