| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
lxxiii, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 19 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-420) and index. |
| Contents |
Antecedents -- The Indians of New England -- Pilgrim precedents, 1620-1630 -- The expansion of New England, 1630-1636 -- The Pequot War, 1637 -- Puritan policy : confederation and the Indians, 1638-1675 -- Puritan policy : laws and litigation, 1620-1675 -- Commercial relations, 1620-1675 -- Early missionary activity, 1620-1650 -- Missionary efforts : years of growth, 1650-1665 -- Missionary efforts : years of harvest, 1665-1675. |
| Summary |
In contrast to most accounts of Puritan-Indian relations, New England Frontier argues that the first two generations of Puritan settlers were neither generally hostile toward their Indian neighbors nor indifferent to their territorial rights. Rather, American Puritans - especially their political and religious leaders - sought peaceful and equitable relations as the first step in molding the Indians into neo-Englishmen. When accumulated Indian resentments culminated in the war of 1675, however, the relatively benign intercultural contact of the preceding fifty-five-year period rapidly declined. With a new introduction updating developments in Puritan-Indian studies in the last fifteen years, this third edition affords the reader a clear, balanced overview of a complex and sensitive area of American history. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- New England -- History.
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Indians of North America -- New England -- Government relations -- To 1789.
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Indians, Treatment of -- New England.
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New England -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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| Indexed Term |
American Indians Culture Effects of Colonisation History |
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United States |
| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- New England -- Government relations -- To 1789.
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| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- New England.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- New England -- History.
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Indigenous peoples, Treatment of -- New England.
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| ISBN |
080612718X alkaline paper |
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9780806127187 alkaline paper |
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