Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in AmericaEmpire of Fortune focuses on the so-called "French and Indian War"--the bitter last-ditch struggle between the British and the French empires in the New World. Challenging traditional historians, Francis Jennings reveals in absorbing detail the political and military realities behind the myths. |
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Empire of fortune: crowns, colonies, and tribes in the Seven Years War in America
Gebruikersrecensie - Not Available - Book VerdictJennings offers the first study of America during the Seven Years' War (1754-63) in almost two decades. He views the war as both part of the worldwide conflict between the British and the French and ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
The Butcher | 3 |
Logstown | 21 |
Chronology Obio country IndiansThe Walking PurchaseThe | 45 |
ChronologyPickawillany and sequelsIroquois east and westWin | 68 |
ChronologyShifting channels of tradeThe rise of William Johnson | 106 |
Undeclared War | 139 |
Introduction | 171 |
The Backwoods | 187 |
Strangely Blessed Peacemakers | 323 |
Introduction | 351 |
A General and His Friends | 369 |
Victories and More Victims | 405 |
Unraveling | 426 |
The War Called Pontiacs | 438 |
Introduction | 457 |
Repression of Englishmen | 468 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Empire of Fortune: Crowns, Colonies, and Tribes in the Seven Years War in America Norton paperbacks |
| Auteur | Francis Jennings |
| Editie | geïllustreerd, herdruk, herzien |
| Uitgever | W. W. Norton & Company, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0393306402, 9780393306408 |
| Lengte | 520 pagina's |
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