@article{1480023,
      recid = {1480023},
      author = {Aksan, Virginia H.,  and Jones, David R.,  and Kars,  Marjoleine,  and Lee, Wayne E.,  and Lee, Wayne E.,  and  Meuwese, Mark,  and Peers, Douglas M.,  and Plank,  Geoffrey,  and Pulsipher, Jenny Hale,  and Thornton, John  K., },
      title = {Empires and Indigenes : Intercultural Alliance, Imperial  Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {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},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480023},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814753088.001.0001},
}