Borderland narratives : negotiation and accommodation in North America's contested spaces, 1500-1850

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Borderland narratives : negotiation and accommodation in North America's contested spaces, 1500-1850 / edited by Andrew K. Frank and A. Glenn Crothers.

Frank, Andrew, 1970- (editor.). Crothers, A. Glenn, (editor.).

Summary:

Frank and Crothers have gathered ten essays to explore the newer, more capacious applications of borderlands study, with a particular emphasis on the Ohio Valley--which, in its own uneasy placement between the traditional north/south sectional divide, becomes a case study in what can be gained by placing the borderlands concept at the center of inquiry. By crossing geographic, chronological, and methodological boundaries, the volume shows various ways the borderlands concept can enhance scholars' understanding of political, cultural, religious, and racial interactions throughout North America.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813054957
ISBN: 0813054958
Physical Description: 217 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction / Andrew K. Frank and A. Glenn Crothers -- The politics of coalition building in the Ohio Valley, 1765-1774 / Rob Harper -- Red, black, and Seminole: community convergence on the Florida borderlands, 1780-1840 / Andrew K. Frank -- "Skilful jockies" and "good sadlers": Native Americans and horses in the southeastern borderlands / Tyler Boulware -- Los desaparecidos in the Gulf coast and early Texas borderlands / Carla Gerona -- "Odious" abolitionists and "insolent" runaways: natives, slaves, and settlers in the Missouri Valley borderland / Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal -- French missionary priests and borderlands Catholicism in the Diocese of Bardstown during the early nineteenth century / Michael Pasquier -- Borderlands redemption: Protestants negotiate the Ohio River Valley / Phillip Mulder -- "The mark unmistakably fixed upon their brows": a free family of color on America's borderlands / Julie Winch.