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Contested Territories: Native Americans and Non-Natives in the Lower Great Lakes, 1700-1850 - Softcover

 
9781611865066: Contested Territories: Native Americans and Non-Natives in the Lower Great Lakes, 1700-1850
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1611865069 ISBN 13: 9781611865066
Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 2024

Synopsis

A remarkable multifaceted history, Contested Territories examines a region that played an essential role in America's post-revolutionary expansion—the Lower Great Lakes region, once known as the Northwest Territory. As French, English, and finally American settlers moved westward and intersected with Native American communities, the ethnogeography of the region changed drastically, necessitating interactions that were not always peaceful. Using ethnohistorical methodologies, the seven essays presented here explore rapidly changing cultural dynamics in the region and reconstruct in engaging detail the political organization, economy, diplomacy, subsistence methods, religion, and kinship practices in play. With a focus on resistance, changing worldviews, and early forms of self-determination among Native Americans, Contested Territories demonstrates the continuous interplay between actor and agency during an important era in American history.

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About the Author

Charles Beatty-Medina is Associate Professor of History at the University of Toledo.

Melissa Rinehart is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Miami University–Middletown.

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Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1611865069
ISBN 13 
9781611865066
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Editor
Beatty-Medina Charles, Rinehart Melissa