The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation /
By: Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon) [author.]
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BookPublisher: United Kingdom : Oxford University Press , 2018Description: xvii, 621 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, (some color) maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780190652166 (hardback : alk. paper).Other title: First President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation.Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with Indians | Indians of North America -- Government relations | Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815 | Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783DDC classification: 323.11 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due |
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BardBerlinLibrary 2nd floor | 323.11 CAL 2018 (Browse shelf) | Checked out | on reserve shelf for The American Revolution Fall 2024 | 20/12/2024 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning curves -- Virginia's Indian country -- The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country -- Into Tanaghrisson's world -- Tanaghrisson's war -- Braddock and the limits of empire -- Frontier defense and a Cherokee alliance -- Frontier advance and a Cherokee war -- The other revolution -- Confronting the Indian boundary -- "A good deal of land." -- The question of Indian allies -- Town destroyer -- Killing Crawford -- Building a nation on Indian land -- The first President and the first Americans -- An Indian policy for the new nation -- Courting McGillivray -- The greatest Indian victory -- Philadelphia Indian diplomacy -- Achieving empire -- Transforming Indian lives -- A death and a non-death.
"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
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