| Great Lakes Creoles: A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie Du Chien, 1750-1860 Contributor(s): Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107674743 ISBN-13: 9781107674745 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2014002459 |
| Series: Studies in North American Indian History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 326 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research on gender, race, ethnicity, and politics as it examines the ways that the old fur trade families experienced and responded to the colonialism of United States expansion. Lucy Murphy examines Indian history with attention to the pluralistic nature of American communities and the ways that power, gender, race, and ethnicity were contested and negotiated in them. She explores the role of women as mediators shaping key social, economic, and political systems, as well as the creation of civil political institutions and the ways that men of many backgrounds participated in and influenced them. Ultimately, The Great Lakes Creoles takes a careful look at Native people and their complex families as active members of an American community in the Great Lakes region. |
Contributor Bio(s): Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld: - Lucy Eldersveld Murphy is Professor of History at the Ohio State University, Newark. |