Empire by collaboration : Indians, colonists, and governments in colonial Illinois country / Robert Michael Morrissey.
2015
F544 .M875 2015eb
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Empire by collaboration : Indians, colonists, and governments in colonial Illinois country / Robert Michael Morrissey.
ISBN
9780812291117 (electronic book)
0812291115 (electronic book)
9780812246995
0812246993
0812291115 (electronic book)
9780812246995
0812246993
Published
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Item Number
10.9783/9780812291117 doi
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F544 .M875 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
977.3/01
Summary
"From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early settlements were brought into the French empire only after the fact. As the colony grew, the authority that governed the region was often uncertain. Canada and Louisiana alternately claimed control over the Illinois throughout the eighteenth century. Later, British and Spanish authorities tried to divide the region along the Mississippi River. Yet Illinois settlers and Native people continued to welcome and partner with European governments, even if that meant playing the competing empires against one another in order to pursue local interests. Empire by Collaboration explores the remarkable community and distinctive creole culture of colonial Illinois Country, characterized by compromise and flexibility rather than domination and resistance. Drawing on extensive archival research, Robert Michael Morrissey demonstrates how Natives, officials, traders, farmers, religious leaders, and slaves constantly negotiated local and imperial priorities and worked purposefully together to achieve their goals. Their pragmatic intercultural collaboration gave rise to new economies, new forms of social life, and new forms of political engagement. Empire by Collaboration shows that this rugged outpost on the fringe of empire bears central importance to the evolution of early America."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Early American studies.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction. An Earnest Invitation
Chapter 1. Opportunists in the Borderlands
Chapter 2. The Imaginary Kingdom
Chapter 3. Collaboration and Community
Chapter 4. A Dangerous Settlement
Chapter 5. Collaborators: Indians and Empire
Chapter 6. Creolization and Collaboration
Chapter 7. Strains on Collaboration in French Illinois
Chapter 8. Demanding Collaboration in British Illinois
Conclusion. The End of Collaboration
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments.
Contents
Illustrations
Introduction. An Earnest Invitation
Chapter 1. Opportunists in the Borderlands
Chapter 2. The Imaginary Kingdom
Chapter 3. Collaboration and Community
Chapter 4. A Dangerous Settlement
Chapter 5. Collaborators: Indians and Empire
Chapter 6. Creolization and Collaboration
Chapter 7. Strains on Collaboration in French Illinois
Chapter 8. Demanding Collaboration in British Illinois
Conclusion. The End of Collaboration
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments.