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Author:

Nichols, David Andrew, 1970-

Title:

Red gentlemen and White savages : Indians, federalists, and the search for order on the American frontier / David Andrew Nichols.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--History--18th century.
Indians of North America--Treaties.
Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States--History--18th century.
United States--History--18th century.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Post-revolutionary polyphony, 1783-1785 -- The evaporation of federal authority on the frontier, 1785-1786 -- Unruly young men -- The "real Americans" draft a government, 1786-1788 -- "These haughty republicans" : the limitations of a gentleman's government, 1789-1790 -- War and appeasement, 1790-1793 -- Musket, quill, and calumet, 1794-1799.

Series:

Jeffersonian America

ISBN:

0813927684 (alk. paper)
9780813927688 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008021733

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)