Thomas M Wickman

Snowshoe Country

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Produktbeschreibung

An environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial Northeast, examining indigenous and settler knowledge of life in the cold.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781108426794
• ISBN-10: 1108426794
• Artikelnr.: 51155817

Autorenporträt

Thomas M. Wickman is Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Trinity College, Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Snowshoes and indigenous winter ecologies
2. Overwintering, or when colonists stayed year-round
3. Seasons of violence and routes to safety in King Philip's war
4. Frigid nights and icy days in colonial Boston
5. Wabanaki winter knowledge in the coldest years
6. Snowshoe men and a new season of want
7. The idea of apolitical New England winters
8. Seasons and survivance
Conclusion.