The Cherokees : in war and at peace, 1670-1840

Narrett, David E., 1951- author.

Book

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2025.

viii, 596 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

"In this richly detailed cultural and political history, David Narrett shows how Cherokee nationhood emerged from the pressures of colonial encounter. Cherokee diplomats - primarily women - take center stage, adeptly managing relationships with European empires and Indigenous rivals and in the process forging solidarities among once-disparate Cherokees."-- Provided by publisher.

Cherokee Indians -- History.

Cherokee Indians -- Government relations -- History.

Cherokee Indians -- Social life and customs.

Cherokee Indians -- Wars -- History.

Cherokee women -- Social conditions.

Cherokee Nation -- History.

Cherokees in a Changing World -- Cherokees in Their Homeland and Beyond, 1670-1730. Cherokee Culture and Lifeways ; South Carolina and the Native Southeast ; "Not Like White Men" ; A Cherokee Voyage to London -- Cherokees, Native Peoples, and Empires, 1730-1762. Warfare and Peace Quests across Half a Continent ; Confronting Colonialism and the Creek Nation ; Tempests of the French and Indian War ; Prelude to the British-Cherokee War ; Carnage and Peace Diplomacy -- Upheavals and the Will to Live, 1762-1795. The Politics of Alliance and Survival ; Cherokees and the American Revolution ; Bloodshed and Quests for Peace ; An Unbroken People -- Washington's Farewell and Cherokee Paths.

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