Deerskins and Duffels : The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685-1815, Second Edition Paperback / softback
by Kathryn E. Holland Braund
Part of the Indians of the Southeast series
Paperback / softback
Description
Deerskins and Duffels documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern United States.
The Creeks were the largest Indian nation in the Southeast, and through their trade alliance with the British colonies, they became the dominant Native power in the area. The deerskin trade became the economic lifeblood of the Creeks after European contact.
This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society.
British trade is examined as well: the major traders and trading companies, how goods were taken to the Indians, how the traders lived, and how trade was used as a diplomatic tool.
The author also discusses the Creek-Anglo cooperation in the trade of Indian slaves that resulted in the virtual destruction of the Native peoples of Florida.
This second edition features a new introduction by the author.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, 13 images; 2 maps
- Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2008
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- ISBN:9780803218567
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:336 pages, 13 images; 2 maps
- Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780803218567
