"The chiefs now in this city" : Indians and the urban frontier in early America / Colin G. Calloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.

Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

United States--Atlantic Coast.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

America's founding involved and required the melding of cultures and communities, a redefinition of 'frontier' and boundaries in every possible sense. Using the accounts of Native leaders who visited cities in the Early Republic, Calloway's book reorients the story of that founding. Violent resistance was just one of many Native responses to colonialism. Peaceful interaction was far more the norm, and while less dramatic and therefore less covered, far more important in its effects.

Contents:

Introduction: Native Americans' urban froniers

The towns and cities of early America

Coming to town

The other indians in town

Taking their lives in their hands

Portrait gallery: picturing chiefs in the city

Lodging, dining, and drinking

The things they saw

Performance and performers

Going home.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-754767-2

0-19-754768-0

0-19-754766-4

OCLC:

1245663489