Restoring the Chain of Friendship : British Policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815

Timothy D Willig

ISBN 10: 0803248172 / ISBN 13: 9780803248175

Edité par Nebraska Mai 2008, 2008

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Neuware - Timothy D. Willig is an assistant professor of history and coordinator of the Native American Studies Program at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.

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• Titre: Restoring the Chain of Friendship : British Policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815
• Éditeur: Nebraska Mai 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0803248172
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780803248175
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 230 L x 164 H x 33 P (en millimètres) 230 millimètres de largeur par 164 millimètres de hauteur par 33 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 721 grammes

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Synopsis

During the American Revolution the British enjoyed a unified alliance with their Native allies in the Great Lakes region of North America. By the War of 1812, however, that "chain of friendship" had devolved into smaller, more local alliances. To understand how and why this pivotal shift occurred, Restoring the Chain of Friendship examines British and Native relations in the Great Lakes region between the end of the American Revolution and the end of the War of 1812. Timothy D. Willig traces the developments in British-Native interaction and diplomacy in three regions: those served by the agencies of Fort St. Joseph, Fort Amherstburg, and Fort George. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the Native peoples in each area developed unique relationships with the British. Relations in these regions were affected by such factors as the local success of the fur trade, Native relations with the United States, geography, the influence of British-Indian agents, intertribal relations, Native acculturation or cultural revitalization, and constitutional issues of Native sovereignty and legal statuses. Assessing the wide variety of factors that influenced relations in each of these areas, Willig determines that it was nearly impossible for Britain to establish a single Indian policy for its North American borderlands, and it was thus forced to adapt to conditions and circumstances particular to each region.

À propos de l?auteur

Timothy D. Willig is an assistant professor of history and coordinator of the Native American Studies Program at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.