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Warpaths : invasions of North America

Author: Ian Kenneth Steele
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Provides a sweeping history of the numerous European invasions of North America, painting a dramatic new portrait of the centuries of warfare that shook the continent. Destroys the old image of technologically advanced Europeans overrunning primitive savages. Reveals how the Amerindians rose to the challenge of each sucessive invasion with martial and diplomatic skill.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ian Kenneth Steele
ISBN: 0195082222 9780195082227 0195082230 9780195082234
OCLC Number: 29359410
Description: 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Arms in Arcadia, 1513-1565 --
I. Bases for Invasion, 1565-1684. 2. Spanish San Agustin, 1565-1672. 3. English Jamestown and the Powhatan, 1607-1677. 4. French Quebec, 1608-1682. 5. Plymouth, New England, and the Wampanoag, 1620-1677. 6. Dutch Fort Orange (Albany) and the Five Nations, 1624-1684 --
II. Colonies and Tribes, 1687-1748. 7. Establishing Patterns, 1687-1701. 8. Recurring Patterns, 1702-1748 --
III. Empires, Colonies, and Tribes, 1748-1765. 9. Invading the Ohio, 1748-1755. 10. Vaudreuil's Offensive, 1756-1757. 11. The British Imperial Victory, 1758-1763. 12. Different Drummers, 1759-1765.
Responsibility: Ian K. Steele.
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Provides a sweeping history of the numerous European invasions of North America, painting a dramatic new portrait of the centuries of warfare that shook the continent. Destroys the old image of technologically advanced Europeans overrunning primitive savages. Reveals how the Amerindians rose to the challenge of each sucessive invasion with martial and diplomatic skill.

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