The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815
ISBN: 9780521183444 | 0521183448
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 11/1/2010
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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. The 20th anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of this study.
An acclaimed classic book, the 20th anniversary edition of The Middle Ground includes a new preface by the author.
An acclaimed classic book, the 20th anniversary edition of The Middle Ground includes a new preface by the author.
| List of abbreviations | p. ix |
| Preface to the twentieth anniversary edition | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xxv |
| Refugees: a world made of fragments | p. 1 |
| The middle ground | p. 50 |
| The fur trade | p. 94 |
| The alliance | p. 142 |
| Republicans and rebels | p. 186 |
| The clash of empires | p. 223 |
| Pontiac and the restoration of the middle ground... MORE | p. 269 |
| The British alliance | p. 315 |
| The contest of villagers | p. 366 |
| Confederacies | p. 413 |
| The politics of benevolence | p. 469 |
| Epilogue: Assimilation and otherness | p. 518 |
| Index | p. 525 |
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Richard White holds the Margaret Byrne Professorship in American History at Stanford University and is widely regarded as one of the nation's leading scholars in three related fields: the American West, Native American history, and environmental history.
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