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Author:

Greer, Allan, author.

Title:

Property and dispossession : natives, empires and land in early modern North America / Allan Greer, McGill University.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 450 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Indians of North America--History.--History.
Indian land transfers--United States--History.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indian land transfers.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Land tenure.
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: property and colonization -- Part I. Three zones of colonization -- Indigenous forms of property -- Early contacts -- New Spain -- New France -- New England -- Part II. Aspects of property formation -- The colonial commons -- Spaces of property -- A survey of surveying -- Empires and colonies -- Part III. Conclusion and epilogue -- Property and dispossession in an age of revolution.

Series:

Cambridge studies in North American Indian history

ISBN:

1316613690
9781316613696
1107160642
9781107160644

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1008767823

LCCN:

2017038384

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)