Our Beloved Kin : A New History of King Philip's War / Lisa Brooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Lisa, author.

Series:

The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printer, James.

Rowlandson, Mary White, approximately 1635-1711.

Rowlandson, Mary White.

King Philip's War (1675-1676).

King Philip's War, 1675-1676.

New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A compelling and original recovery of Native American resistance and adaptation to colonial America With rigorous original scholarship and creative narration, Lisa Brooks recovers a complex picture of war, captivity, and Native resistance during the "First Indian War" (later named King Philip's War) by relaying the stories of Weetamoo, a female Wampanoag leader, and James Printer, a Nipmuc scholar, whose stories converge in the captivity of Mary Rowlandson. Through both a narrow focus on Weetamoo, Printer, and their network of relations, and a far broader scope that includes vast Indigenous geographies, Brooks leads us to a new understanding of the history of colonial New England and of American origins. Brooks's pathbreaking scholarship is grounded not just in extensive archival research but also in the land and communities of Native New England, reading the actions of actors during the seventeenth century alongside an analysis of the landscape and interpretations informed by tribal history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

MAPS

A NOTE ON THE MAPS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

Prologue: Caskoak, the Place of Peace

Part I. THE EDUCATION OF WEETAMOO AND JAMES PRINTER: Exchange, Diplomacy, Dispossession

1. Namumpum, "Our Beloved Kinswoman," Saunkskwa of Pocasset: Bonds, Acts, Deeds

2. The Harvard Indian College Scholars and the Algonquian Origins of American Literature

Interlude: Nashaway nipmuc country, 1643−1674

Part II. NO SINGLE ORIGIN STORY: Multiple Views on the Emergence of War

3. The Queen's Right and the Quaker's Relation

4. Here Comes the Storm

5. The Printer's Revolt: A Narrative of the Captivity of James the Printer

Part III. COLONIAL CONTAINMENT AND NETWORKS OF KINSHIP: Expanding the Map of Captivity, Resistance, and Alliance

6. The Roads Leading North: September 1675-January 1676

Interlude: "My Children Are Here and I Will Stay" menimesit, January 1676

7. The Captive's Lament: Reinterpreting Rowlandson's Narrative

Part IV. THE PLACE OF PEACE AND THE ENDS OF WAR

8. Unbinding the Ends of War

9. The Northern Front: Beyond Replacement Narratives

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

0-300-23111-3

OCLC:

1020362210