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Author Dowd, Gregory Evans, 1956-

Title War under heaven : Pontiac, the Indian Nations, & the British Empire / Gregory Evans Dowd.

Imprint Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.27 D752w 2002    ---  Available
Description xvi, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-349) and index.
Contents Introduction : heroes of history, heaven, and Earth -- Ottawas, Delawares and the colonial world, 1615-1760 -- A worldly war -- An otherworldly war -- Besieging Britons, 1763 -- Defending the villages, 1764 -- Mobs, germs, and the standing of American Indians -- Uneasy conclusions -- Deaths and legacies.
Subject Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765.
Pontiac, Ottawa Chief, -1769.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity.
Nativistic movements -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century.
ISBN 0801878926 (pbk.)
0801870798 (hard : alk. paper)

 
    
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