North of America - Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, Borders of Long American Revolution

This book by historian Jeffers Lennox looks north, as so many Americans at that time did, and describes how Loyalists and Indigenous leaders rejected the Revolution, defended their territory, and acted as a midwife to the birth of the United States while restricting its continental aspirations.

About the author

Jeffers Lennox is an associate professor of history at Wesleyan University and author of Homelands and Empires: Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern North America, 1690-1763.

Summary

How the United States was created—a complex and surprising story of patriots, Indigenous peoples, loyalists, visionaries and scoundrels

Product details

• Authors: Jeffers Lennox, Lennox Jeffers
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780300226126
• ISBN: 978-0-300-22612-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Canada, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867), HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)