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02847nam a2200385Ia 4500 001 455212742B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 005 200904170011.0 008 060406s2004 mduab b 001 0 eng 020 $a 9780801878923 (pbk.) 020 $a 0801878926 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)65542974 040 $a VXO $c VXO $d SILO $d IWG $d SILO 100 1 $a Dowd, Gregory Evans, $d 1956- 245 1 $a War under heaven : $b Pontiac, the Indian Nations, & the British Empire / $c Gregory Evans Dowd. 260 $a London : $a London : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2004. 300 $a xvi, 360 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-349) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : heroes of history, heaven, and Earth -- Ottawas, Delawares and the colonial world, 1615-1760 -- A worldly war -- An otherworldly war -- Besieging Britons, 1763 -- Defending the villages, 1764 -- Mobs, germs, and the standing of American Indians -- Uneasy conclusions -- Deaths and legacies. 520 $a Dowd boldly reinterprets the causes and consequences of Pontiac's War. Where previous Anglocentric histories have ascribed this dramatic uprising to disputes over trade and land, this groundbreaking work traces the conflict back to status: both the low regard in which the British held the Indians and the concern among Native American leaders about their people's standing--and their sovereignty--in the eyes of the British. Pontiac's War also embodied a clash of world views, and Dowd examines the central role that Indian cultural practices and beliefs played in the conflict, explores the political and military culture of the British Empire which informed the attitudes its servants had toward Indians, provides insightful portraits of Pontiac and his British adversaries, and offers a detailed analysis of the military and diplomatic strategies of both sides. 600 10 $a Pontiac, $c Ottawa chief, $d d. 1769. 650 0 $a Pontiac's conspiracy, 1763-1765 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Wars $y 1750-1815. 650 0 $a Indians of North America $x Ethnic identity. 650 0 $a Nativistic movements $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $z America $x History $y 18th century. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/2002000596.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu051/2002000596.html 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002000596.html 939 $a 5740730 941 $a 2 952 $l VSPC034 $d 20120209011712.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=455212742B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IWG 952 $l OSAX771 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search