Okfuskee : a Creek Indian town in colonial America / Joshua Piker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piker, Joshua Aaron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creek Indians--Alabama--Oakfuskee--History--18th century.

Creek Indians.

Creek Indians--Alabama--Oakfuskee--Government relations.

Oakfuskee (Ala.)--History--18th century.

Oakfuskee (Ala.).

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

Southern States.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p. ) ill., map

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A work of original scholarship and compelling sweep, 'Okfuskee' is a community-centred Indian history with an explicitly comparativist agenda. Joshua Piker uses the history of Okfuskee, an 18th century Creek town, to reframe standard narratives of both Native and American experiences.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Map

Introduction: Peculiar Connections

I The Town and Its Neighbors

1 Okfuskee and the British, 1708–1745: Formation, Assertion, Indecision

2 Okfuskee and the British, 1749–1774: Decision, Correction, Reassertion

3 Leaving Okfuskee: Economic Activities Outside of Town

II The Town and Its People

4 Agriculture and Livestock: Changing Patterns of Land Use in Okfuskee

5 Newcomers in the “Old White Town”: Traders and Economic Life in Okfuskee

6 Big Women and Mad Men: Okfuskee Experiences with Gender and Generational Relations

Conclusion: “The Fiends of the Tallapoosie”—Nuyaka, Tohopeka, and the Rise of Andrew Jackson

Notes

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674042131

0674042131

OCLC:

923112287