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The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815

ISBN: 9780521183444 | 0521183448
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 11/1/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
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.
List of abbreviationsp. ix
Preface to the twentieth anniversary editionp. xi
Introductionp. xxv
Refugees: a world made of fragmentsp. 1
The middle groundp. 50
The fur tradep. 94
The alliancep. 142
Republicans and rebelsp. 186
The clash of empiresp. 223
Pontiac and the restoration of the middle ground... MOREp. 269
The British alliancep. 315
The contest of villagersp. 366
Confederaciesp. 413
The politics of benevolencep. 469
Epilogue: Assimilation and othernessp. 518
Indexp. 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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