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A most pernicious thing : gun trading and native warfare in the early contact period / Brian J. Given.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Given, Brian J. (Brian James), 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--History--17th century.
- Indians of North America--Foreign influences.
- Firearms industry and trade--North America.
- Firearms industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 138 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa [Ont.] : Carleton University Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contemporary Ethnohistory
- The Gun in Europe – Evolution and Deployment
- Colonial Arms
- The Native/European Gun Trade Before 1640
- The Weapons Trade Begins in Earnest
- 1655 to the End of King Philip’s War 1676
- The Musket – Operational Parameters
- Conclusions and Hypotheses
- Notes on Lethality
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-7386-0
- OCLC:
- 1058550935
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