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Author:   David L. Preston
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.597kg
ISBN:  

9780803243521

ISBN 10:   0803243529
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   15 October 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Under the Tree of Peace 1. The Tree of Peace Planted: Iroquois and French-Canadian Communities in 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 List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

Well-written, thoroughly researched ... [Preston's] major contribution is the wonderful descriptions of Indian economic, cultural, and social relations with diverse whites in the Mohawk Valley. - L. M. Hauptman, Choice Students of Iroquois culture and backcountry history will be surprised and challenged by this book, which shows in a new way that conflict was never inevitable in the backcountry. Even on the eve of the Revolution, there was still the possibility of Indian-European amity in the Iroquoian borderlands. - Daniel Ingram, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Preston is an ambitious and stimulating writer, and his book is worthy of use in the graduate or advanced undergraduate classroom. - Gregory Evans Dowd, American Historical Review This book is a substantive and welcome addition to the scholarship on eighteenth-century Native-settler relations... Preston's engaging writing style makes the book viable for assignment in upper-level undergraduate courses and graduate seminars, and all scholars in the field will need to grapple with the implications of his significant findings regarding the importance of local, everyday, face-to-face interactions across cultural boundaries in early America. - Jon Parmenter, William and Mary Quarterly In a fascinating work based on primary source research, Citadel professor David Preston takes another look at history's preconceived notions regarding settler and Indian interactions in the colonial period. - Kelly Anderson, Senator John Heinz History Center

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David L. Preston is an associate professor of history at the Citadel.

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