Texture of Contact : European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783.

By: Preston, David LMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Iroquoians and Their WorldPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (408 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780803225497Subject(s): Frontier and pioneer life -- Canada | Frontier and pioneer life -- United States | Iroquois Indians -- Canada -- History -- 17th century | Iroquois Indians -- Canada -- History -- 18th century | Iroquois Indians -- Government relations | Iroquois Indians -- History -- 17th century | Iroquois Indians -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Texture of Contact : European and Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667-1783DDC classification: 974.7004 | 974.7004/9755 | 974.70049755 LOC classification: E99.I7 -- P75 2009ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Under the Tree of Peace -- 1. The Tree of Peace Planted: Iroquois and French-Canadian Communitiesin the St. Lawrence Valley -- 2. Iroquois Communities in the Eighteenth-Century Mohawk Valley: Schoharie, Tiononderoge, and Canajoharie -- 3. Dispossessing the Indians: Proprietors, Squatters, and Natives in the Susquehanna Valley -- 4. "The Storm Which Had Been So Long Gathering" : Pennsylvanians and Indians at War -- 5. "Our Neighbourhood with the Settlers": Iroquois and German Communities in the Seven Years' War -- 6. Imperial Crisis in the Ohio Valley: Indian, Colonial American, and British Military Communities -- Epilogue: The Tree of Peace Uprooted -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The Texture of Contact is a landmark study of Iroquois and European communities and coexistence in eastern North America before the American Revolution. David L. Preston details the ways in which European and Iroquois settlers on the frontiers creatively adapted to each other's presence, weaving webs of mutually beneficial social, economic, and religious relationships that sustained the peace for most of the eighteenth century.
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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Under the Tree of Peace -- 1. The Tree of Peace Planted: Iroquois and French-Canadian Communitiesin the St. Lawrence Valley -- 2. Iroquois Communities in the Eighteenth-Century Mohawk Valley: Schoharie, Tiononderoge, and Canajoharie -- 3. Dispossessing the Indians: Proprietors, Squatters, and Natives in the Susquehanna Valley -- 4. "The Storm Which Had Been So Long Gathering" : Pennsylvanians and Indians at War -- 5. "Our Neighbourhood with the Settlers": Iroquois and German Communities in the Seven Years' War -- 6. Imperial Crisis in the Ohio Valley: Indian, Colonial American, and British Military Communities -- Epilogue: The Tree of Peace Uprooted -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Texture of Contact is a landmark study of Iroquois and European communities and coexistence in eastern North America before the American Revolution. David L. Preston details the ways in which European and Iroquois settlers on the frontiers creatively adapted to each other's presence, weaving webs of mutually beneficial social, economic, and religious relationships that sustained the peace for most of the eighteenth century.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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