Creek internationalism in an age of revolution, 1763-1818

Hill, James L. 1986- (author.).

Summary: "This significant revisionist history of Creek diplomacy and power fills gaps within the broader study of the Atlantic World and early American history to show how Indigenous power thwarted European empires in North America"--

Record details

ISBN: 1496215184 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781496215185 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xiii, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Bring them what they lack" : Spanish-Creek exchange and alliance-making along Florida's Gulf Coast, 1763-1783 -- "Victorious over the Americans in every quarter" : Creek Alliances confront the American Republic, 1784-88 -- A voyage "ill-advised" : a transatlantic journey, 1787-1791 -- Autonomy, rivalry, continuity : competing political and diplomatic visions, 1790- -- "The voice of the nation" : "Prophets' men," intra- and inter-Talwa tensions, and civil war, 1799-1814 -- "Driven to the desert lands of the sea" : the long Creek War and diplomacy's failure, 1814-1818.