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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel K Richter; James Hart Merrell |
| ISBN: | 027102299X 9780271022994 |
| OCLC Number: | 51306167 |
| Notes: | Originally published: New York : Syracuse University Press, 1987. |
| Description: | xx, 211 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Maps: The Iroquois and their neighbors in the early 1670s ; the Iroquois and their neighbors in the early 1760s -- Introduction / Daniel K. Richter and James H. Merrell -- Ordeals of the longhouse: the Five Nations in early American history / Daniel K. Richter -- Linking arms: the structure of Iroquois intertribal diplomacy / Mary Druke Becker -- Covenance and consensus: Iroquois and English, 1676-1760 / Richard L. Haan -- Toward the Covenant Chain: Iroquois and Southern New England Algonquians, 1637-1684 / Neal Salisbury -- "Pennsylvania Indians" and the Iroquois / Francis Jennings -- Peoples "inbetween": the Iroquois and the Ohio Indians, 1720-1768 / Michael N. McConnell -- "Their very bones shall fight": The Catawba-Iroquois Wars / James H. Merrell -- Cherokee relations with the Iroquois in the Eighteenth Century / Theda Perdue -- "As the wind scatters the smoke": The Tascaroras in the Eighteenth Century / Douglas W. Boyce. |
| Responsibility: | edited with a new preface by Daniel K. Richter and James H. Merrell ; foreword by Wilcomb E. Washburn. |
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"These fine studies of Indian-Indian relations provide a more accurate picture of Iroquois power and presence in native North America and demonstrate that the field of Iroquois history is far from overworked."--Colin G. Calloway, American Historical Review "A must for serious students of the Iroquois and Indian-white relations in the colonial period."--William A. Starna, Ethnohistory "Beyond the Covenant Chain . . . will prove invaluable to anyone interested in the experiences of one of the most important and complex Indian peoples of colonial North America."--Christine Bolt, The Journal of American History "A state-of-the-art look at Iroquois relations with other tribes. . . . An excellent example of how an Indian-centered approach to colonial history can contribute to our understanding of the broader world in which all colonial Americans lived."--Richard Aquila Read more...

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