Land of big rivers : French and Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 / M.J. Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, M. J., 1955-

Series:

Shawnee books.

Shawnee books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Human ecology--Illinois--History--18th century.

Human ecology.

Floodplains--Illinois--History--18th century.

Floodplains.

Uplands--Illinois--History--18th century.

Uplands.

French--Illinois--History--18th century.

French.

Indians of North America--Illinois--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

British--Illinois--History--18th century.

British.

Illinois--History--To 1778.

Illinois.

Illinois--Environmental conditions.

Illinois--Ethnic relations--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 287 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on research from a variety of academic fields, such as archaeology, history, botany, ecology, and physical science, M.J.Morgan explores the intersection of people and the environment in early eighteenth-century Illinois Country--a stretch of fecund, alluvial river plain along the Mississippi river.

Contents:

Preface: a word about buffalo

Illinois country ecology

The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750

Cahokia : French and Indian struggles

Chartres : French and Indian successes

Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners

Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52

Uplands arena, 1750-78

A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois

Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois

Epilogue: losses.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780809385645

0809385643

OCLC:

649913983