Title
Empires and Indigenes : Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World / ed. by Wayne E. Lee.
ISBN
9780814765272
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814753088.001.0001 doi
Call Number
JC359 .E4575 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
325.32
Summary
The early modern period (c. 1500-1800) of world history is characterized by the establishment and aggressive expansion of European empires, and warfare between imperial powers and indigenous peoples was a central component of the quest for global dominance. From the Portuguese in Africa to the Russians and Ottomans in Central Asia, empire builders could not avoid military interactions with native populations, and many discovered that imperial expansion was impossible without the cooperation, and, in some cases, alliances with the natives they encountered in the new worlds they sought to rule.Empires and Indigenes is a sweeping examination of how intercultural interactions between Europeans and indigenous people influenced military choices and strategic action. Ranging from the Muscovites on the western steppe to the French and English in North America, it analyzes how diplomatic and military systems were designed to accommodate the demands and expectations of local peoples, who aided the imperial powers even as they often became subordinated to them. Contributors take on the analytical problem from a variety of levels, from the detailed case studies of the different ways indigenous peoples could be employed, to more comprehensive syntheses and theoretical examinations of diplomatic processes, ethnic soldier mobilization, and the interaction of culture and military technology.Warfare and Culture seriesContributors: Virginia Aksan, David R. Jones, Marjoleine Kars, Wayne E. Lee, Mark Meuwese, Douglas M. Peers, Geoffrey Plank, Jenny Hale Pulsipher, and John K. Thornton
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Series
Warfare and Culture ; ; 1
Available in Other Form
print 9780814753088
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Maps
1. Projecting Power in the Early Modern World
I. Military, Cultural, and Diplomatic Exchange in the Imperial-Indigenous Encounter
2. Gaining the Diplomatic Edge
3. The Military Revolution of Native North America
4. Revolution, Evolution, or Devolution
II. Warrior Peoples and Uniform Recruits in Old World Empires
5. Muscovite-Nomad Relations on the Steppe Frontier before 1800 and the Development of Russia's "Inclusive" Imperialism
6. Ottoman Ethnographies of Warfare, 1500-1800
III. Variations: Types of Indigenous-Imperial Alliances in the Atlantic Empires
7. Firearms, Diplomacy, and Conquest in Angola
8. The Opportunities and Limits of Ethnic Soldiering
9. Deploying Tribes and Clans
10. "Cleansing the Land"
Contributors
Index
