Masters of Empire : Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America / Michael A. McDonnell.
2015
E99.O9 M36 2015 (Mapit)
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Masters of Empire : Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America / Michael A. McDonnell.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780809029532 (hardcover)
0809029537 (hardcover)
9780374714185 (electronic book)
0809029537 (hardcover)
9780374714185 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Hill and Wang, A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Language
English
Description
402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
E99.O9 M36 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
977.4/01
Summary
"A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view, centered on the Odawa tribe of Northern Michigan"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known than the Iroquois or Sioux, the Anishinaabeg, who lived across Lakes Michigan and Huron, were equally influential. Masters of Empire charts the story of one group, the Odawa, who settled at the straits between those two lakes, a hub for trade and diplomacy throughout the vast country west of Montreal known as the pays d'en haut. Highlighting the long-standing rivalries and relationships among the great Indian nations of North America, McDonnell shows how Europeans often played only a minor role in this history, and reminds us that it was native peoples who possessed intricate and far-reaching networks of commerce and kinship, of which the French and British knew little. As empire encroached upon their domain, the Anishinaabeg were often the ones doing the exploiting. By dictating terms at trading posts and frontier forts, they played a crucial part in the making of early America. Through vivid depictions--all from a native perspective--of early skirmishes, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution, Masters of Empire overturns our assumptions about colonial America. By calling attention to the Great Lakes as a crucible of culture and conflict, McDonnell reimagines the landscape of American history"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known than the Iroquois or Sioux, the Anishinaabeg, who lived across Lakes Michigan and Huron, were equally influential. Masters of Empire charts the story of one group, the Odawa, who settled at the straits between those two lakes, a hub for trade and diplomacy throughout the vast country west of Montreal known as the pays d'en haut. Highlighting the long-standing rivalries and relationships among the great Indian nations of North America, McDonnell shows how Europeans often played only a minor role in this history, and reminds us that it was native peoples who possessed intricate and far-reaching networks of commerce and kinship, of which the French and British knew little. As empire encroached upon their domain, the Anishinaabeg were often the ones doing the exploiting. By dictating terms at trading posts and frontier forts, they played a crucial part in the making of early America. Through vivid depictions--all from a native perspective--of early skirmishes, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution, Masters of Empire overturns our assumptions about colonial America. By calling attention to the Great Lakes as a crucible of culture and conflict, McDonnell reimagines the landscape of American history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Old stories and new
Recentering Michilimackinac
Defending Anishinaabewaki
Expansion
The balance of power
The first Anglo-Indian War
The second Anglo-Indian War
Reorienting empire
Dependence
Persistence in an era of Removal.
Recentering Michilimackinac
Defending Anishinaabewaki
Expansion
The balance of power
The first Anglo-Indian War
The second Anglo-Indian War
Reorienting empire
Dependence
Persistence in an era of Removal.