Colin G Calloway

The Indian World of George Washington

The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

A biography of America's founding father and those on whose land he based the nation's future

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 163mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1083g
• ISBN-13: 9780190652166
• ISBN-10: 0190652160
• Artikelnr.: 49207068

Autorenporträt

Colin G. Calloway is the John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Native American Studies at Dartmouth University. His previous books include A Scratch of the Pen and A Victory with No Name.

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List of Illustrations
List of Native Americans
Introduction
One: Learning Curves
Chapter 1: Virginia's Indian Country
Chapter 2: The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country
Chapter 3: Into Tanaghrisson's World
Chapter 4: Tanaghrisson's War
Chapter 5: Braddock and the Limits of Empire
Chapter 6: Frontier Defense and a Cherokee Alliance
Chapter 7: Frontier Advance and a Cherokee War
Two: The Other Revolution
Chapter 8: Confronting the Indian Boundary Line
Chapter 9: "A good deal of Land."
Chapter 10: The Question of Indian Allies
Chapter 11: Town Destroyer
Chapter 12: Killing Crawford
Chapter 13: Building a Nation on Indian Land
Three: The First President and the First Americans
Chapter 14: An Indian Policy for the New Nation
Chapter 15: Courting McGillivray
Chapter 16: The Greatest Indian Victory
Chapter 17: Philadelphia Indian Diplomacy
Chapter 18: Achieving Empire
Chapter 19: Transforming Indian Lives
Chapter 20: A Death and a Non-Death