Title Behind the frontier : Indians in eighteenth-century eastern Massachusetts / Daniel R. Mandell

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : maps Summary The encounter of natives and colonists in New England is a rich source of folklore and scholarship. The story, which usually ends with the defeat of Metacom (King Philip) in 1676, tells of how the natives were overwhelmed by the colonists. That picture, though rich and deeply tragic, is misleading. Disease, economic and ecological intrusion, and political and military pressures did alter native life. Some groups were largely destroyed or driven out by the English. But many others persisted in the region, as villages or as networks of families and individuals on the margins of colonial society. Their history offers a new and enlightening view of eighteenth-century New England. Behind the Frontier tells the story of the Indians in Massachusetts as English settlements moved past them between 1675 and 1775, from King Philip's War to the Battle of Bunker Hill. Daniel R. Mandell explores how local needs and regional conditions shaped an Indian ethnic group that transcended race, tribe, village, and clan, with a culture that incorporated new ways while maintaining a core of "Indian" customs. He examines the development of Native American communities in eastern Massachusetts, many of which survive today, and observes emerging patterns of adaptation and resistance that were played out in different settings as the American nation grew westward in the nineteenth century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Social conditions Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Massachusetts Indians of North America -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Massachusetts Indians -- Cultural assimilation -- Massachusetts HISTORY -- State & Local. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. Indians -- Cultural assimilation Indians Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Colonial period Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation Indians of North America -- Social conditions Indianen. Gender & Ethnic Studies. Social Sciences. Ethnic & Race Studies. Massachusetts Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585253781 9780585253787

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