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1 online resource |
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Treaties language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
'Empire by Treaty: Negotiating European Expansion, 1600-1900' includes indigenous voices in the debate over European appropriation of overseas territories. It is concerned with European efforts to negotiate with indigenous peoples the cession of their sovereignty through treaties. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Empire by Treaty""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Maps""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 The Paradox of an Empire by Treaty""; ""2 “Love Alone Is Not Enough�: Treaties in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Colonial Expansion""; ""3 To “Clear the King�s and Indians� Title�: Seventeenth-Century Origins of North American Land Cession Treaties""; ""4 Struggling over Indians: Territorial Conflict and Alliance Making in the Heartland of South America (Seventeenth to Eighteenth Centuries)"" |
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""5 The Acquisition of Aboriginal Land in Canada: The Genealogy of an Ambivalent System (1600â€?1867)""""6 A British Empire by Treaty in Eighteenth-Century India""; ""7 Palavers and Treaty Making in the British Acquisition of the Gold Coast Colony (West Africa)""; ""8 The Tradition of Treaty Making in Australian History""; ""9 “A Text for Every Agitator amongst the Nativesâ€?: MÄ?ori Property, Settler Politics, and the MÄ?ori Franchise in the 1850s""; ""10 The “Lessons of Historyâ€?: The Ideal of Treaty in Settler Colonial Societies""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Colonies -- Law and legislation.
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Colonies -- Law and legislation. |
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- Treaties.
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Europe. |
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International relations. |
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Treaty-making power -- Europe -- History.
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Treaty-making power. |
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History. |
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Europe -- Territorial expansion.
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Territorial expansion. |
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Europe -- Colonies.
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Colonies. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Claims -- History.
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Indigenous peoples -- Claims. |
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Indigenous peoples. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Treaties.
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History.
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Treaties.
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| Added Author |
Belmessous, Saliha, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Empire by treaty 9780199391783 (DLC) 2014020348 (OCoLC)880960098 |
| ISBN |
9780199391790 (electronic book) |
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0199391793 (electronic book) |
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9780199391783 |
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0199391785 |
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