The Pequot War (Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary) - Softcover

Cave, Alfred A.

 
9781558490307: The Pequot War (Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary)
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ISBN 10: 1558490302 ISBN 13: 9781558490307
Publisher: University Massachusetts Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources, Alfred A. Cave refutes claims that settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy to exterminate Europeans. Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, and anthropological evidences to trace the evolution of the conflict, he sheds new light on the motivations of the Pequots and their Indian allies. He also provides a reappraisal of the interaction of ideology and self- interest as motivating factors in the Puritan attack on the Pequots.

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About the Author

Alfred A. Cave is professor of history at the University of Toledo. His previous publications include Jacksonian Democracy and the Historians.

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Publisher
University Massachusetts Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1558490302
ISBN 13 
9781558490307
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232

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