Homelands and empires : Indigenous spaces, imperial fictions, and competition for territory in northeastern North America, 1690-1763 / Jeffers Lennox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennox, Jeffers, 1980- author.

Series:

Studies in Atlantic Canada history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Atlantic Provinces--History--17th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Land tenure--Atlantic Provinces--History--18th century.

Land settlement--Atlantic Provinces--History--17th century.

Land settlement.

Land settlement--Atlantic Provinces--History--18th century.

History.

Indians of North America--Land tenure.

Atlantic Provinces--History--17th century.

Atlantic Provinces.

Atlantic Provinces--History--18th century.

Canada--Atlantic Provinces.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 334 pages : illustration, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Summary:

"The period from 1690 to 1763 was a time of intense territorial competition during which Indigenous peoples remained a dominant force. British Nova Scotia and French Acadia were imaginary places that administrators hoped to graft over the ancestral homelands of the Mi'kmaq, Wulstukwiuk, Passamaquoddy, and Abenaki peoples. Homelands and Empires is the inaugural volume in the University of Toronto Press's Studies in Atlantic Canada History. In this deeply researched and engagingly argued work, Jeffers Lennox reconfigures our general understanding of how Indigenous peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern North America before the British conquest in 1763. Lennox's judicious investigation of official correspondence, treaties, newspapers and magazines, diaries, and maps reveals a locally developed system of accommodation that promoted peaceful interactions but enabled violent reprisals when agreements were broken. This outstanding contribution to scholarship on early North America questions the nature and practice of imperial expansion in the face of Indigenous territorial strength."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Neighbours in the Homeland 15

2 Mapping the Spoils of Peace 46

3 A Time and a Place 88

4 A Pale on the Coast 125

5 Acadia in Paris 172

6 Map Wars and Surveyors of the Peace 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-324) and index.

ISBN:

9781442614055

1442614056

9781442645851

1442645857

OCLC:

960029295