George Galphin's Intimate Empire - The Creek Indians, Family, and Colonialism in Early America

"In George Galphin's intimate empire: the Creek Indians, family, and colonialism in early America, Bryan C. Rindfleisch presents a complex narrative about eighteenth-century cross-cultural relationships. Reconstructing the multilayered bonds forged by Galphin and challenging scholarly understandings of life in the Native South, Rindfleisch looks simultaneously at familial, cultural, political, geographical, and commercial ties--examining how eighteenth-century people organized their world, both mentally and physically ... At their most intimate, Galphin's multilayered relationships revolved around the Creek, Anglo-French, and African children who comprised his North American family, as well as family and friends on the other side of the Atlantic"--Dust jacket.

About the author

Bryan C. Rindfleisch is assistant professor of history at Marquette University. His work has been published in Early American Studies, Native South, The American Historian, Ethnohistory, and Journal of Early American History.

Summary

A revealing saga detailing the economic, familial, and social bonds forged by Indian trader George Galphin in the early American South. A native of Ireland, George Galphin arrived in South Carolina in 1737 and quickly emerged as one of the most proficient deerskin traders in the South.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan C Rindfleisch, Bryan C. Rindfleisch
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780817320270
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2027-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 1474 g
• Series: Indians and Southern History; Indians and Southern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA: Kolonisierung und Besiedlung (ca. 1600 bis 1775), HISTORY / Native American, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), History - General History