A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816

ISBN-13: 9780521660433 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 314 str.

Claudio Saunt

Opis

Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. As the Creeks amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive transformation in America's early history, a transformation that left deep divisions between the wealthy and poor, powerful and powerless.

Recenzje

'Saunt's well-researched and well-written book is a very substantial contribution to the on-going study of this great transformation.' Mary Helms, University of North Carolina

Spis treści

Part I. Power and Prosperity Before the New Order 1733–1783; 1. Fair persuasions: power among the Creeks; 2. 'Martial virtue, and not riches': the Creek relationship to property; Part II. The New Order Emerges 1784–1796: 3. Alexander McGillivray: Mestizo yet Indian; 4. Forging a social compact; 5. Blacks in Creek country; Part III. The 'Plan of Civilization' 1797–1811: 6. New roles for women and warriors; 7. Creating a Country of Laws and Property; 8. The power of writing; 9. The hungry years; Part IV. The New Order Challenged 1812–1816: 10. Seminole Resistance; 11. The Redstick war; 12. The negro fort.