Research Catalog

Title

Land of big rivers [electronic resource] : French & Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 / M.J. Morgan.

Author

Morgan, M. J., 1955-

Publication

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xiv, 287 p.) : ill., maps.

Series Statement

Shawnee books

Uniform Title

Land of big rivers (Online)

Alternative Title

Land of big rivers (Online)

Subject

• Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois
• Human ecology > Illinois > History > 18th century
• Floodplains > Illinois > History > 18th century
• Uplands > Illinois > History > 18th century
• French > Illinois > History > 18th century
• Indians of North America > Illinois > History > 18th century
• British > Illinois > History > 18th century
• Illinois > History > To 1778
• Illinois > Environmental conditions
• Illinois > Ethnic relations > History > 18th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Preface: a word about buffalo -- Illinois country ecology -- The flourishing floodplain, 1699-1750 -- Cahokia : French and Indian struggles -- Chartres : French and Indian successes -- Trade matrix at Fort Chartres : farmers, traders, and provisioners -- Interlude : prairie invasions, 1751-52 -- Uplands arena, 1750-78 -- A ragged resource war : British in the Illinois -- Predations and survivals : French, British, and Indian Illinois -- Epilogue: losses.

LCCN

2009037935

OCLC

ssj0000485465

Author

Morgan, M. J., 1955-

Title

Land of big rivers [electronic resource] : French & Indian Illinois, 1699-1778 / M.J. Morgan.

Imprint

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Series

Shawnee books

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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