Paper Sovereigns : : Anglo-Native Treaties and the Law of Nations, 1604-1664 / / Jeffrey Glover.
In many accounts of Native American history, treaties are synonymous with tragedy. From the beginnings of settlement, Europeans made and broke treaties, often exploiting Native American lack of alphabetic literacy to manipulate political negotiation. But while colonial dealings had devastating resul...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 14 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note on Naming and Spelling
- Introduction: A Great Shout
- Chapter 1. Heavy Heads: Crowning Kings in Early Virginia
- Chapter 2. The Ransom of Pocahontas: Kidnapping and Dynastic Marriage in Jamestown and London
- Chapter 3. Gunpowder Diplomacy: Arms and Alliance in Plymouth and Patuxet
- Chapter 4. Trading Sovereignty: The Fur Trade and the Freedom of the Seas
- Chapter 5. Gift of an Empire: The Land Market and the Law of Nations in Narragansett Bay
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments