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008			151008s2015 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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100	1		_aMcDonnell, Michael A.,
245	1	0	_aMasters of empire : _bGreat Lakes Indians and the making of America / _cMichael A. McDonnell.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2015.
300			_a402 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [331]-381) and index.
505	0		_aOld stories and new -- Recentering Michilimackinac -- Defending Anishinaabewaki -- Expansion -- The balance of power -- The first Anglo-Indian War -- The second Anglo-Indian War -- Reorienting empire -- Dependence -- Persistence in an era of Removal.
520			_a"In 'Masters of Empire,' the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known than the Iroquois or Sioux, the Anishinaabeg, who lived across Lakes Michigan and Huron, were equally influential. Masters of Empire charts the story of one group, the Odawa, who settled at the straits between those two lakes, a hub for trade and diplomacy throughout the vast country west of Montreal known as the 'pays d'en haut.' Highlighting the long-standing rivalries and relationships among the great Indian nations of North America, McDonnell shows how Europeans often played only a minor role in this history, and reminds us that it was native peoples who possessed intricate and far-reaching networks of commerce and kinship, of which the French and British knew little. As empire encroached upon their domain, the Anishinaabeg were often the ones doing the exploiting. By dictating terms at trading posts and frontier forts, they played a crucial part in the making of early America. Through vivid depictions-- all from a native perspective-- of early skirmishes, the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution, Masters of Empire overturns our assumptions about colonial America. By calling attention to the Great Lakes as a crucible of culture and conflict, McDonnell reimagines the landscape of American history"-- _cDust jacket.
520			_a"A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view, centered on the Odawa tribe of Northern Michigan"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aOttawa Indians _zHuron, Lake, Region (Mich. and Ont.) _xHistory.
650		0	_aIndians of North America _xFirst contact with Europeans.
651		0	_aHuron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.) _xHistory.
651		0	_aGreat Lakes Region (North America) _xHistory.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Native American. _2bisacsh.
650		7	_aIndians of North America _xFirst contact with Europeans. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00969743.
650		7	_aOttawa Indians. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01049020.
651		7	_aGreat Lakes Region. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01258523.
651		7	_aLake Huron Region. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01348192.
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155.
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628.
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