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Separate peoples, one land : the minds of Cherokees, Blacks, and Whites on the Tennessee frontier / Cynthia Cumfer

Catalog Data

Author:
Cumfer, Cynthia  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 324 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tennessee
Date:
2007
C2007
18th century
19th century
Contents:
Kinship and nationhood : the construction of relationship between Cherokees and settlers, 1768-1788 -- Ungrateful brothers and an uncivilized nation : the Cherokees and settlers reconceive their relationship, 1776-1796 -- Fictive father and Federalism : Cherokees, Tennesseans, and the United States, 1796-1810 -- "The name of my nation is Cherokee" : the reformulation of Cherokee identity -- "The nigger-trader bought me" : African American community -- "A never-failing resource in the benevolence of society" : sociability and family in the Euro-American community -- "The protection of civil government" : governance in the Euro-American community -- "The best security of rising greatness" : economic relations in the Euro-American community
Topic:
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Acculturation--History  Search this
Nationalism--History  Search this
History  Search this
Slaves--History  Search this
Free African Americans--History  Search this
White people--History  Search this
European Americans--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902861