Properties of empire : Indians, colonists, and land speculators on the New England frontier /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Saxine, Ian (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series:	Early American places.
Subjects:	Abenaki Indians > Land tenure > Maine. Abenaki Indians > Maine > Treaties. Indians of North America > First contact with Europeans > Maine. Maine > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Properties of empire
1. Networks of property and belonging. Land use in the 17th century
2. Dawnland encounters, 1600-1713
3. Land claims, 1713-1722
4. Breaking-and making-the peace, 1722-1727
5. In defiance of the proprietors, 1722-1727
6. The rightful owners thereof, 1735-1741
7. Troubled times, 1741-1752
8. Contrary to their own laws, 1749-1755
Conclusion. Treaties buried and lost. Indigenous rights and colonial property since 1755.