Texture of Contact Preston Iroquois Haudenosaunee Colonial Frontier New York HC
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Texture of Contact Preston Iroquois Haudenosaunee Colonial Frontier New York HC. What this book is (the title doesn't say): one of the most comprehensive studies of eighteenth-centuryIroquois history and Native–settler relations in the colonial Northeast — theMohawk Valley and the borderlands of the Iroquois Confederacy. The Texture of Contact — David L. Preston (Iroquois frontier history, Nebraska 2009) Iroquois History · Colonial Frontier · Native American Studies Very Good Hardcover · Dust Jacket Univ. of Nebraska Press · 2009 408 pp · Illustrated David L. Preston The Texture of Contact European & Indian Settler Communities on the Frontiers of Iroquoia, 1667–1783 A landmark history of how Iroquois and European settlers actually lived side by side — the everyday accommodations that kept peace on the colonial frontier for most of a century. David L. Preston · The Iroquoians and Their World series · University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln & London · 2009 · hardcover with dust jacket · 408 pp · illustrated · ISBN 978-0-8032-1369-2 About the Book The Texture of Contact is a landmark study of how Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) and European communities lived together in eastern North America in the century before the American Revolution. Rather than treating the frontier as a place of inevitable conflict, David L. Preston shows Iroquois and European settlers creatively adapting to one another — weaving social, economic, and religious ties that kept the peace across much of the eighteenth century. Drawing on a wealth of previously unexamined archives, Preston reconstructs the everyday encounters — at homesteads, farms, taverns, and gristmills — along the Mohawk, St. Lawrence, Susquehanna, and Ohio valleys. He documents striking arrangements such as Euroamerican farmers living for decades as tenants of the Mohawks, and asks why accommodation endured in some valleys while war broke out in others — until the Revolution overturned those patterns and led to widespread Iroquois dispossession. What this book is (the title doesn't say): one of the most comprehensive studies of eighteenth-century Iroquois history and Native–settler relations in the colonial Northeast — the Mohawk Valley and the borderlands of the Iroquois Confederacy. Widely praised and assigned in college and graduate courses, it's a cornerstone title for the field. Worth Knowing Reviewers across the discipline welcomed it: Choice singled out its vivid portrait of Indian economic and social relations in the Mohawk Valley, the American Historical Review called Preston an ambitious and stimulating writer whose book belongs in the classroom, and Ethnohistory praised his engagement with frontier peoples on their own terms. David L. Preston , a historian at The Citadel, is also the author of the acclaimed Braddock's Defeat. Iroquois & Settlers Coexistence, not just conflict. Mohawk Valley & Beyond Four frontier river valleys. Deep Archival Work Everyday frontier life. A Course Standard Widely assigned & cited. TitleThe Texture of Contact AuthorDavid L. Preston SubjectIroquois · colonial frontier SeriesThe Iroquoians and Their World PublisherUniv. of Nebraska Press · 2009 FormatHardcover w/ jacket · 408 pp ISBN978-0-8032-1369-2 ConditionVery Good Condition Report VERY GOOD No writing or highlighting — clean throughout. Binding tight; pages crisp; complete with dust jacket. Dust jacket and page edges show some minor wear. Please see photos for the exact copy offered. Ideal For Iroquois & Native American History Colonial & Early America Mohawk Valley & New York Frontier & Borderlands Studies Ethnohistory · Scholars & Students Enlightening Minds Same or Next Business Day Shipping · All Flaws Disclosed · Questions Welcome
