Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 497 pages)
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ISBN:
9780803234215
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080323421X
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1283051001
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9781283051002
Serie:
Indians of the southeast
Inhalt:
"Ellisor's study also broadly illuminates southern society just prior to the Indian removals, a time when many blacks, whites, and Natives lived in close proximity in the Old Southwest. In the Creek country, also called New Alabama, these ethnic groups began to develop a pluralistic society. When the 1830s cotton boom placed a premium on Creek land, however, dispossession of the Natives became an economic priority. Dispossessed and impoverished, some Creeks rose in armed revolt both to resist removal west and to drive the oppressors from their ancient homeland. Yet the resulting Second Creek War, which raged over three states, was fueled not only by Native determination but also by economic competition and was intensified not least by the massive government-sponsored land grab that constituted Indian removal. Because these circumstances also created fissures throughout southern society, both whites and blacks found it in their best interests to help the Creek insurgents. This first book-length examination of the Second Creek War shows how interethnic collusion and conflict characterized southern society during the 1830s."--Jacket
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-490) and index
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Creek politics and confinement in new Alabama -- The Cusseta Treaty of 1832 -- Commodifying the Creek domain -- Resistance -- Rebellion -- The federal response -- Flight through southern Georgia -- Recriminations -- The war revives in new Alabama -- Seeking refuge in west Florida -- Epilogue: The legacy of the Second Creek War.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780803225480
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0803225482
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ellisor, John T Second Creek War Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010 ISBN 9780803225480
Sprache:
Englisch
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