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Author:
Hill, James L., 1986- author.
Title:
Creek internationalism in an age of revolution, 1763-1818 / James L. Hill.
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xiii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Creek Indians--Politics and government--18th century.
Creek Indians--Government relations.
Creek Indians--Politics and government--19th century.
Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Indiens d'Amerique--Etats-Unis--Histoire--1775-1783 (Revolution)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Creek Indians--Government relations.
Creek Indians--Politics and government.
Indians of North America.
1700-1899
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"Bring them what they lack" : Spanish-Creek exchange and alliance-making along Florida's Gulf Coast, 1763-1783 -- "Victorious over the Americans in every quarter" : Creek Alliances confront the American Republic, 1784-88 -- A voyage "ill-advised" : a transatlantic journey, 1787-1791 -- Autonomy, rivalry, continuity : competing political and diplomatic visions, 1790- -- "The voice of the nation" : "Prophets' men," intra- and inter-Talwa tensions, and civil war, 1799-1814 -- "Driven to the desert lands of the sea" : the long Creek War and diplomacy's failure, 1814-1818.
Summary:
"This significant revisionist history of Creek diplomacy and power fills gaps within the broader study of the Atlantic World and early American history to show how Indigenous power thwarted European empires in North America"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Borderlands and transcultural studies
ISBN:
1496215184
9781496215185
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1261879044
LCCN:
2021046887
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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