The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763 - Brossura

Hahn, Steven C.

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ISBN 10: 0803262930 ISBN 13: 9780803262935

Casa editrice: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Drawing on archaeological evidence and often-neglected Spanish source material,The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670–1763 explores the political history of the Creek Indians of Georgia and Alabama and the emergence of the Creek Nation during the colonial era in the American Southeast. In part a study of Creek foreign relations, this book examines the creation and application of the “neutrality” policy—defined here as the Coweta Resolution of 1718—for which the Creeks have long been famous, in an era marked by the imperial struggle for the American South.

Also a study of the culture of internal Creek politics, this work shows the persistence of a “traditional” kinship-based political system in which town and clan affiliation remained supremely important. These traditions, coupled with political intrusions by the region’s three European powers, promoted the spread of Creek factionalism and mitigated the development of a regional Creek Confederacy. But while traditions endured, the struggle to maintain territorial integrity against Britain also promoted political innovation. In this context the territorially defined Creek Nation emerged as a legal concept in the era of the French and Indian War, as imperial policies of an earlier era gave way to the territorial politics that marked the beginning of a new one.

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L'autore:

Steven C. Hahn is a professor of history at St. Olaf College. He is the author ofThe Life and Times of Mary Musgrove.

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• Editore: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0803262930
• ISBN 13: 9780803262935
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 338