| A Gathering of Rivers: Indians, Metis, and Mining in the Western Great Lakes, 1737-1832 Contributor(s): Murphy, Lucy Eldersveld (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803282931 ISBN-13: 9780803282933 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 Annotation: In "A Gathering of Rivers," Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted waves of French and British immigration by diversifying their economies and commercializing lead mining. Focusing on personal stories and detailed community histories, Murphy charts the changed economic forces at work in the region, connecting them to shifts in gender roles and intercultural relationships. She argues that French, British, and Native peoples forged cooperative social and economic bonds expressed partly by mixed-race marriages and the emergence of multiethnic communities at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien. Significantly, Native peoples in the western Great Lakes region were able to adapt successfully to the new frontier market economy until their lead mining operations became the envy of outsiders in the 1820s. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 977.01 |
| LCCN: 00027200 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.94" W x 9.04" L (0.81 lbs) 233 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
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| Publisher Description: In A Gathering of Rivers, Lucy Eldersveld Murphy traces the histories of Indian, multiracial, and mining communities in the western Great Lakes region during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. For a century the Winnebagos (Ho-Chunks), Mesquakies (Fox), and Sauks successfully confronted waves of French and British immigration by diversifying their economies and commercializing lead mining. Focusing on personal stories and detailed community histories, Murphy charts the changed economic forces at work in the region, connecting them to shifts in gender roles and intercultural relationships. She argues that French, British, and Native peoples forged cooperative social and economic bonds expressed partly by mixed-race marriages and the emergence of multiethnic communities at Green Bay and Prairie du Chien. Significantly, Native peoples in the western Great Lakes region were able to adapt successfully to the new frontier market economy until their lead mining operations became the envy of outsiders in the 1820s. Winner of the 2002 Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award, sponsored by the State Historical Society of Iowa. Lucy Eldersveld Murphy is an associate professor of history at Ohio State University, Newark. She is the coeditor of Midwestern Women: Work, Community, and Leadership at the Crossroads. |
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