Great Lakes Creoles - A French Indian Community on Northern Borderlands, Prairie Du Chien,

A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research on gender, race, ethnicity, and politics as it examines the ways that the old fur trade families experienced and responded to the colonialism of United States expansion. Lucy Eldersveld Murphy examines Indian history with attention to the pluralistic nature of American communities and the ways that power, gender, race, and ethnicity were contested and negotiated in them. She explores the role of women as mediators shaping key social, economic, and political systems, as well as the creation of civil political institutions and the ways that men of many backgrounds participated in and influenced them. Ultimately, Great Lakes Creoles takes a careful look at Native people and their complex families as active members of an American community in the Great Lakes region.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. 'The rightful owners of the soil': colonization and land; 2. 'To intermeddle in political affairs': new institutions, elections, and lawmaking; 3. 'Damned yankee court and jury': more new institutions, keeping order and peace; 4. Public mothers: women, networks, and changing gender roles; 5. 'A humble type of people': economic adaptations; 6. Blanket claims and family clusters: autonomy, land, migration, and persistence; Conclusion; Epilogue.

Info autore

Lucy Eldersveld Murphy is Professor of History at the Ohio State University, Newark.

Riassunto

A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research on gender, race, ethnicity, and politics as it examines the ways that old fur trade families experienced and responded to the colonialism of United States expansion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lucy Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld (Ohio State University) Murphy
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9781107674745
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67474-5
• Pagine: 326
• Serie: Studies in North American Indian History; Studies in North American Indi; Studies in North American Indian History; Studies in North American Indi
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people