Empire by Collaboration

Informationen zum Autor Robert Michael Morrissey Klappentext Robert Michael Morrissey teaches history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Zusammenfassung Empire by Collaboration explores the remarkable collaborative culture of colonial Illinois Country! where settlers! natives! and imperial officials negotiated local and imperial priorities and gave rise to new economies and forms of social life. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction. An Earnest Invitation Chapter 1. Opportunists in the Borderlands Chapter 2. The Imaginary Kingdom Chapter 3. Collaboration and Community Chapter 4. A Dangerous Settlement Chapter 5. Collaborators: Indians and Empire Chapter 6. Creolization and Collaboration Chapter 7. Strains on Collaboration in French Illinois Chapter 8. Demanding Collaboration in British Illinois Conclusion. The End of Collaboration List of Abbreviations Notes Index

Autorentext

Robert Michael Morrissey

Klappentext

Robert Michael Morrissey teaches history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Zusammenfassung
Empire by Collaboration explores the remarkable collaborative culture of colonial Illinois Country, where settlers, natives, and imperial officials negotiated local and imperial priorities and gave rise to new economies and forms of social life.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Introduction. An Earnest Invitation
Chapter 1. Opportunists in the Borderlands
Chapter 2. The Imaginary Kingdom
Chapter 3. Collaboration and Community
Chapter 4. A Dangerous Settlement
Chapter 5. Collaborators: Indians and Empire
Chapter 6. Creolization and Collaboration
Chapter 7. Strains on Collaboration in French Illinois
Chapter 8. Demanding Collaboration in British Illinois
Conclusion. The End of Collaboration
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index