Colin G Calloway

The Indian World of George Washington

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Indian World of George Washington offers a fresh portrait of the most revered American and the Native Americans whose story has been only partially told.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 141mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9780190056698
• ISBN-10: 019005669X
• Artikelnr.: 57500430

Autorenporträt

Colin G. Calloway is John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Native American Studies at Dartmouth College. His previous books include A Scratch of the Pen and The 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