Cherokee power : imperial and indigenous geopolitics in the trans-Appalachian west, 1670-1774 / Kristofer Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Kristofer, author.

Series:

New directions in Native American studies ; v. 22.

New directions in Native American studies ; volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachian Region--History--17th century.

Appalachian Region.

Appalachian Region--History--18th century.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

United States.

Cherokee Indians--History--17th century.

Cherokee Indians.

Cherokee Indians--History--18th century.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xiii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Imperial and indigenous geopolitics in the trans-Appalachian west, 1670-1774

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Considers the scope of Cherokee influence on British and French trans-Appalachian imperial power and policy along a 'corridor' stretching along the Tennessee River to the Illinois country and the Wabash River."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Cherokees, England, France, and Imagined Empires before 1715

2. (De-)Constructing an Anglo-Cherokee Chain of Friendship, 1700-1730

3. Cherokees, Europeans, and the Tennessee Corridor, 1730-1750

4. Of Fortifications and Chains of Friendship, 1750-1759

5. The Overhills and the Limits of the European Imperial Imagination after 1759

Epilogue: Cherokees, Trans-Appalachia, and the Era of the American Revolution, 1774-1800.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806192963

0806192968

9780806192970

0806192976

OCLC:

1372569530

Publisher Number:

99994615289