Lucy Murphy

Great Lakes Creoles

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Great Lakes Creoles examines the ways in which old fur trade families experienced and responded to the colonialism of United States expansion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9781107674745
• ISBN-10: 1107674743
• Artikelnr.: 40570022

Autorenporträt

Lucy Eldersveld Murphy is Professor of History at the Ohio State University, Newark.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. 'The rightful owners of the soil': colonization and land
2. 'To intermeddle in political affairs': new institutions, elections, and lawmaking
3. 'Damned yankee court and jury': more new institutions, keeping order and peace
4. Public mothers: women, networks, and changing gender roles
5. 'A humble type of people': economic adaptations
6. Blanket claims and family clusters: autonomy, land, migration, and persistence
Conclusion
Epilogue.