Creatures of Empire : how domestic animals transformed early America /
In keeping livestock, early American settlers inadvertently laid the groundwork for expansionism, as shown in a fascinating look at the earliest conflicts between the American colonists and the Native Americans, conflicts that had their roots in the domestication of animals.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In keeping livestock, early American settlers inadvertently laid the groundwork for expansionism, as shown in a fascinating look at the earliest conflicts between the American colonists and the Native Americans, conflicts that had their roots in the domestication of animals. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198035961 0198035969 9780199788538 0199788537 9780199839728 0199839727 |