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The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814 / edited by David Curtis Skaggs and Larry L. Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815--Congresses.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Wars--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Congresses.
- Great Lakes Region (North America)--History, Military--Congresses.
- Great Lakes Region (North America).
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Congresses.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Congresses.
- United States--History--War of 1812--Congresses.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--Congresses.
- Great Britain.
- France--Colonies--America--History--Congresses.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes contains twenty essays concerning not only military and naval operations, but also the political, economic, social, and cultural interactions of individuals and groups during the struggle to control the great freshwater lakes and rivers between the Ohio Valley and the Canadian Shield.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface to the Paperback Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""An Overview""; ""French Imperial Policy for the Great Lakes Basin""; ""Henry Bouquet and British Infantry Tacticson the Ohio Frontier""; ""The Microbes of War: The British Army and Epidemic Disease among the Ohio Indians, 1758-1765 ""; ""Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade: Warrior, Soldier, and Intercultural ""Window"" on the Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes ""; ""The Iroquois and the Native AmericanStruggle for the Ohio Valley""
- ""The French Connection: The Interior French and Their Role in French-British Relations in the Western Great Lakes Region, 1760-1775 """"“Ignorant bigots and busy rebels�: The American Revolution in the Western Great Lakes ""; ""Fortress Detroit, 1701-1826""; ""Rethinking the Gnadenhutten Massacre: The Contest for Power in the Public World of the Revolutionary Pennsylvania Frontier ""; ""War as Cultural Encounter in the Ohio Valley""; ""Liberty and Power in the Old Northwest, 1763-1800 ""; ""Supper and Celibacy: Quaker- Seneca Reflexive Missions ""
- ""The Mohawk/Oneida Corridor: The Geography of Inland Navigation Across New York """"Iroquois External Affairs, 1807-1815: The Crisis of the New Order""; ""The Firelands: Land Speculation and the War of 1812 ""; ""Reluctant Warriors: British North Americans and the War of 1812 ""; ""Forgotten Allies: The Loyal Shawnees and the War of 1812 ""; ""“To Obtain Command of the Lakes�: The United States and the Contest for Lakes Erie and Ontario, 1812-1815 ""; ""The Meanings of the Wars for the Great Lakes""; ""About the Editors and Contributors""; ""Index of Places and Names""
- Notes:
- Papers from a conference held in Sept. 1998 at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60917-218-3
- OCLC:
- 774285398
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