"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

Creator

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

Subject

• Cities and towns -- North America -- History -- 17th century | 18th century
• Indians of North America -- Discovery and exploration | History

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 -- primarly 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

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult