| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Shawnee books
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Shawnee books.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: a word about buffalo -- Illinois country ecology -- The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750 -- Cahokia : French and Indian struggles -- Chartres : French and Indian successes -- Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners -- Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52 -- Uplands arena, 1750-78 -- A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois -- Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois -- Epilogue: losses. |
| Summary |
Drawing on research from a variety of academic fields, such as archaeology, history, botany, ecology, and physical science, M.J. Morgan explores the intersection of people and the environment in early eighteenth-century Illinois Country-a stretch of fecund, alluvial river plain along the Mississippi river. Arguing against the traditional narrative that describes Illinois as an untouched wilderness until the influx of American settlers, Morgan illustrates how the story began much earlier. She focuses her study on early French and Indian communities, and later on the Brit. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Illinois. |
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Human ecology -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
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Human ecology. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Floodplains -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
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Floodplains. |
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Uplands -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
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Uplands. |
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French -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
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French. |
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Indians of North America -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
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Indians of North America. |
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British -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
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British. |
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Illinois -- History -- To 1778.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1778 |
| Subject |
Illinois -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Illinois -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Morgan, M.J., 1955- Land of big rivers. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009037935 |
| ISBN |
9780809385645 (electronic book) |
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0809385643 (electronic book) |
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9780809329885 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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0809329883 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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