The Southern frontier, 1670-1732 / Verner Crane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crane, Verner Winslow, 1889-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States.

Frontier and pioneer life.

British--Commerce--Southern States--History.

British.

French--Commerce--Southern States--History.

French.

Indians of North America--Commerce--Southern States--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars--1600-1750.

Indians of North America--Wars--Southern States.

Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Southern States.

Southwest, Old--History--17th century.

Southwest, Old.

Southwest, Old--History--18th century.

Southern States--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A classic resource on the struggle for dominance in southern North America during the colonial period. This volume recounts the clashes and intrigues that played out over the landscape of the Old Southwest and across six decades as the Spanish, French, British, and ultimately Americans vied for control. Rivalry began soon after initial discovery, mapping, and exploration as the world powers, particularly England and France, competed for control of the lucrative fur trade in the Mississippi valley. The French attempted to establish trade networks stretching from the

Contents:

Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction to 2004 Edition; I. First Contacts With the Spanish and the Indians; II. Carolinian Expansion in the Seventeenth Century; III.The Mississippi Question, 1697-1702; IV. The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne's War; V. The Charles Town Indian Trade; VI. Trade Regulation and Intercolonial Problems, 1670-1715; VII. The Yamasee War, 1715-1716; VIII. Defense and Reconstruction, 1715-1732; IX. Beginnings of British Western Policy, 1715-1721; X. The Carolina-Florida Border, 1721-1730; XI. International Rivalries in the Old Southwest, 1715-1730

XII. The Board of Trade and Southern Colonization, 1721-1730XIII. The Philanthropists and the Genesis of Georgia; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously published: Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1928.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8402-2

OCLC:

650060110