"The chiefs now in this city" : Indians and the urban frontier in early America

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Label

"The chiefs now in this city" : Indians and the urban frontier in early America

Title remainder

Indians and the urban frontier in early America

Statement of responsibility

Colin G. Calloway

Title variation

The chiefs now in this city

Creator

• trueCalloway, Colin G., (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Author

• trueCalloway, Colin G., (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Subject

• trueChiefs (Political anthropology)
• trueChiefs (Political anthropology) -- North America
• trueCities and towns
• City and town life -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century
• trueCity life
• trueCultural differences
• trueDiplomatic and consular service
• Indians of North America -- Kings and rulers | History -- 18th century
• Indians of North America -- Kings and rulers | Travel -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
• trueIndians of North America -- Relations with European-Americans
• Indians of North America -- Social life and customs
• Indians, Treatment of -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America -- Leadership
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America -- Relations with European-Americans
• trueIndigenous peoples of North America -- Social life and customs
• trueNative American leadership
• trueNorth America
• trueUnited States -- History -- 1783-1815
• Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- Description and travel

Language

eng

Summary

" ... A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans -- primarily to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even tourists. ... Based on primary accounts, Calloway's book illuminates in words and pictures what Native visitors to these cities both saw and how they were seen ..."--Inside jacket flap

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueScholarly
• trueAccessible
• trueComprehensive

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

970.2

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

E77

LC item number

.C35 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult