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land ownership and nationalism in early America, 1740-1840
xiii, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
"Crowding in upon their said lands" : the consequences of land encroachment upon Native communities in southern New England, 1675-1775 -- "Endeavouring to use it for the good of my fellow Indians" : Wheelock's Indians and the gospel of community revitalization, 1742-72 -- "Endeavour to do all things as becometh brothers" : kinship and community in the formation of Brothertown, 1771-95 -- "Your people" and "our people" : maintaining boundaries and preserving Brothertown, 1785-1812 -- "No great friend of Indians" : politicians, speculators, entrepreneurs, and the failed Brothertown migration to the White River, 1809-25 -- "A tedious, perplexing and harassing dispute" : contesting and defining land ownership in the Michigan territory, 1820-32 -- "A new state of things" : citizenship and land ownership as means to sovereignty, 1832-40.
Includes bibliographical references and index.