The eleven essays in this volume probe multicultural interactions between Indians; Europeans; and Africans in eastern North America's frontier zones from the late colonial era to the end of the early republic. Focusing on contact points between these groups; they construct frontiers as creative arenas that produced new forms of social and political organization. Contributors to the volume offer fresh perspectives on a succession of frontier encounters from the era of the Seven Years' War in Pennsylvania; New York; and South Carolina to the Revolutionary period in the Ohio Valley to the Mississippi basin in the early national era. Drawing on ethnography; cultural and literary criticism; border studies; gender theory; and African American studies; they open new ways of looking at intercultural contact in creating American identities. Collectively; the essays in Contact Points challenge ideas of either acculturation or conquest; highlighting instead the complexity of various frontiers while demonstrating their formative influence in American history. The contributors are Stephen Aron; Andrew R. L. Cayton; Gregory E. Dowd; John Mack Faragher; William B. Hart; Jill Lepore; James H. Merrell; Jane T. Merritt; Lucy Eldersveld Murphy; Elizabeth A. Perkins; Claudio Saunt; and Fredrika J. Teute.
#164034 in Books Alan Taylor 1990-05-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.10 x 1.00 x 5.90l; 1.40 #File Name: 0807842826408 pagesLiberty Men and Great Proprietors The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760 1820
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A history of conflict and resolveBy UlyssesThis book recounts the story of settlement and the legal hurdles faced by the primarily Scots-Irish settlers in the Midcoast area of Maine. For anyone seeking to understand the present day culture of the "locals" to this area and to understand the not-so-subtle meaning of being a "person from away"; this is a "must read".0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great qualityBy Emily McInerneyThe book shows a great social aspect of the challenges of the American Revolutionary Era. The buyer I purchased it from sent it in fabulous quality and it arrived ahead of schedule.Would definitely recommend this.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Liberty Men Great ProprietorsBy CustomerWell researched. Contains information about settlement patterns; behaviors; and beliefs that is not available elsewhere. Pleasant narrative as well. This will be of interest mostly to historians and researchers; but it a valuable book to have on the shelf.
