Christina Snyder

Great Crossings

Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With deep research and lively prose, prize-winning historian Christina Snyder reinterprets the history of Jacksonian era America through an experimental educational community called Great Crossings, a place where Indians, settlers, and slaves were transformed and tried to secure their place in a changing world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780190053826
• ISBN-10: 0190053828
• Artikelnr.: 55738667

Autorenporträt

Christina Snyder is McCabe Greer Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of the award-winning Slavery in Indian Country: The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Great Path?
1. Warriors
2. A Family at the Crossing
3. Scholars
4. Indian Gentlemen and Black Ladies
5. Rise of the Leviathan
6. The Land of Death
7. Rebirth of the Spartans
8. The Vice President and the Runaway Lovers
9. Dr. Nail's Rebellion
10. The New Superintendent
11. Orphans among Strangers
12. Indian Schools for Indian Territory
Conclusion: Paths to the Future
Notes
Index