Killing over land : murder and diplomacy on the early American frontier / Robert M. Owens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owens, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1974- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians, Treatment of--United States--History--18th century.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians, Treatment of--United States--History--19th century.

Indians of North America--Crimes against--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Crimes against--History--19th century.

Murder--United States--History--18th century.

Murder.

Murder--United States--History--19th century.

Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 255 pages) : map

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2024]

Contents:

Introduction

1. Contrasts and Similarities: Pennsylvania and Georgia

2. Sovereignty and Real Estate

3. Blood in the Southern Hills

4. Murder and Kentucky

5. Murder and Revolution

6. Conquest in Theory and Practice

7. Cherokees and Creeks in the New Republic

8. Hanging Maw's Words versus Tennessee Bullets

9. Total Destruction? Creek-US Relations in the 1790s

10. Murder in the Age of Jefferson

11. Gender, Violence, and the Limitations of Chivalry

12. "An indelible reproach upon the character of a Christian country and society": Murder and Occasional Justice in the North

13. Prologue to Removal

14. Colonial Endgame

Conclusion. Tsali

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 09, 2024).

ISBN:

9780806194417

0806194413

Publisher Number:

40032099990

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.