War under heaven : Pontiac, the Indian Nations & the British Empire

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Title:

War under heaven : Pontiac, the Indian Nations & the British Empire

Author:

Dowd, Gregory Evans, 1956-

Personal Author:

Dowd, Gregory Evans, 1956-

Publication Information:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

xvi, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Introduction : heroes of history, heaven and earth -- Ottawas, Delawares and the colonial world, 1615-1760 -- A worldly war -- An otherworldly war -- Besieging Britons, 1763 -- Defending the villages, 1764 -- Mobs, germs, and the status of American Indians -- Uneasy conclusions -- Deaths and legacies.

Personal Subject:

Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, -1769.

Subject Term:

Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765.

Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.

Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity.

Nativistic movements -- United States -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term:

United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.

ISBN:

9780801870798