The politics of Indian removal : Creek government and society in crisis /
In the two decades after their defeat by the United States in the Creek War in 1814, the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama came under increasing--ultimately irresistible--pressure from state and federal governments to abandon their homeland and retreat westward. That historic move came in 1836. T...
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- Weitere Titel:
- Politics of Indian removal
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- Elektronisch E-Book
- Sprache:
- Englisch
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2018.
- Zusammenfassung:
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In the two decades after their defeat by the United States in the Creek War in 1814, the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama came under increasing--ultimately irresistible--pressure from state and federal governments to abandon their homeland and retreat westward. That historic move came in 1836. This study, based heavily on a wide variety of primary sources, is distinguished for its Creek perspective on tribal affairs during a period of upheaval.
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages)
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Parallelausgabe: 0-8032-2109-6