The middle ground : Indians, empires, and republics in the Great Lakes region, 1650-1815

The middle ground : Indians, empires, and republics in the Great Lakes region, 1650-1815 / Richard White.

"An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations - stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence. It is, instead, about a search for accommodation and common meaning. It tells how European...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Richard, 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Edition:Twentieth anniversary edition.
Series:Cambridge studies in North American Indian history.
Subjects:
Algonquian Indians > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Algonquian Indians > First contact with other peoples > Great Lakes Region (North America)
Indians of North America > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples > Great Lakes Region (North America)
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Algonquian Indians
Algonquian Indians > First contact with other peoples
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
Great Lakes Region (North America) > History.
Great Lakes Region
dissertations.
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Refugees: a world made of fragments
  • The middle ground
  • The fur trade
  • The alliance
  • Republicans and rebels
  • The clash of empires
  • Pontiac and the restoration of the middle ground
  • The British alliance
  • The contest of villagers
  • Confederacies
  • The politics of benevolence
  • Epilogue: assimilation and otherness.

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