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The Ordeal of the Longhouse : The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richter, Daniel K.
- Series:
- Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iroquois Indians--History.
- Iroquois Indians.
- Iroquois Indians--First contact with other peoples.
- Iroquois Indians--Government relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (455 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois Leaguethe Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscarorasto the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He demonstrates that by the early eighteenth century a series of creative adaptations in politics and diplomacy allowed the peoples of the Longhouse to preserve their cultural autonomy in a land now dominated by foreign powers.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One: The Iroquois in the World on the Turtle's Back; Chapter Two: The Great League of Peace and Power; Chapter Three: The Great League for War and Survival; Chapter Four: The Economic Lifeline to the Dutch; Chapter Five: The Ascendancy of the Francophiles; Chapter Six: The Revolt of the Anglophiles; Chapter Seven: The Last of the Beaver Wars; Chapter Eight: The Political Crisis of the Iroquois Confederacy; Chapter Nine: The Precarious Settlement Abroad and at Home
- Chapter Ten: The Neutralist Diplomacy of Peace and BalanceChapter Eleven: The Iroquois in a Euro-American World; Methodological Comments; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Untitled
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908664-2-4
- 1-4696-0320-9
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