War under heaven : Pontiac, the Indian Nations, & the British Empire /

War under heaven : Pontiac, the Indian Nations, & the British Empire /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dowd, Gregory Evans, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Pontiac, > Ottawa Chief, > -1769.
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765.
Indians of North America > Wars > 1750-1815.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Nativistic movements > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : heroes of history, heaven and earth
  • Ottawas, Delawares and the colonial world, 1615-1760
  • A worldly war
  • Aa otherworldly war
  • Besieging Britons, 1763
  • Defending the villages, 1764
  • Mobs, germs, and the status of American Indians
  • Uneasy conclusions
  • Deaths and legacies.