"The chiefs now in this city" : Indians and the urban frontier in early America /
A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans, primarly to conduct diploma...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans, primarly to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even tourists. Based on primary accounts, Calloway's book illuminates in words and pictures what Native visitors to these cities both saw and how they were seen. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 265 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197547656 9780197547656 |