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001 2010034929
003 DLC
005 20100907143033.0
008 100816s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010034929
020 $a9781107005624
020 $a9780521183444 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aE99.A35$bW48 2011
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100 1 $aWhite, Richard,$d1947-
245 14 $aThe middle ground :$bIndians, empires, and republics in the Great Lakes region, 1650-1815 /$cRichard White.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
263 $a1009
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aStudies in North American Indian history
520 $a"An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations - stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence. It is, instead, about a search for accommodation and common meaning. It tells how Europeans and Indians met, regarding each other as alien, as other, as virtually nonhuman, and how between 1650 and 1815 they constructed a common, mutually comprehensible world in the region around the Great Lakes that the French called pays d'en haut. Here the older worlds of the Algonquians and of various Europeans overlapped, and their mixture created new systems of meaning and of exchange. Finally, the book tells of the breakdown of accommodation and common meanings and the re-creation of the Indians as alien and exotic. First published in 1991, the 20th anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of this study"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations - stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence. It is, instead about a search for accomodation and common meaning. It tells how Europeans and Indians met, regarding each other as alien, as other, as virtually nonhuman, and how between 1650 and 1815 they constructed a common, mutually comprehensible world in the region around the Great Lakes that the French called pays d'en haut"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Refugees: a world made of fragments; 2. The middle ground; 3. The fur trade; 4. The alliance; 5. Republicans and rebels; 6. The clash of empires; 7. Pontiac and the restoration of the middle ground; 8. The British alliance; 9. The contest of villagers; 10. Confederacies; 11. The politics of benevolence; Epilogue.
650 0 $aAlgonquian Indians$zGreat Lakes Region (North America)$xHistory.
650 0 $aAlgonquian Indians$xFirst contact with Europeans$zGreat Lakes Region (North America)
650 0 $aIndians of North America$zGreat Lakes Region (North America)$xHistory.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$xFirst contact with Europeans$zGreat Lakes Region (North America)
651 0 $aGreat Lakes Region (North America)$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2010034929-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2010034929-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2010034929-d.html